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प्रश्न
Words with the sound ‘ch’ as in ‘chart’ and ‘tr’ as in ‘trembles’ in the poem.
उत्तर
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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