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Question
Why don’t you make sounds that describe some tastes?
From your expressions and sounds ask your friends to guess what you might have eaten.
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Solution
| Expressions and sounds | Food |
| Yum | Sweet items, like ice cream, jalebi, etc. |
| Slurp | Noodles, porridge, kheer. |
| Tch, tch | Sour things, like pickles. |
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