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प्रश्न
What might success mean to the following people? Think about it and write.
A student
उत्तर
- Get high grades on the exam and understand all ideas.
- demonstrating sustained improvement in academic performance, or winning a competition or tournament.
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| Pen names | Charles Willis, E.G.O’Brien |
| Birth | 16 Dec 1917, England |
| Career | novelist, television host, inventor, and film screenwriter. |
| Genre | Science-Fiction, Television series, Film screenplay |
| Awards and Honours | 1961, Kalinga Prize - an award given by UNESCO for popularising science Hugo and Nebula Awards Chairman of the Interplanetary Society Highest Civil Honour of Sri Lanka – ‘Sri Lankabhimanya 2005’ |
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