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Words with the sound ‘ch’ as in ‘chart’ and ‘tr’ as in ‘trembles’ in the poem.
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Solution
In the poem, the words with the sound ‘ch’ are chirrup and chitterlings.
In the poem, the words with the sound ‘tr’ are tremor, trillings, and trembles.
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