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प्रश्न
How was Mahmoud, the cook, attached to the tiger cub?
उत्तर
Mahmoud was a cook in the narrator’s house. He used to feed the tiger cub on the bottle- milk. The tiger cub slept at night in the cook’s quarters.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about Language
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(d) was no longer afraid of the snake.
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2. I was no mere image cut in granite.
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| (v) break up | (e) to escape from someone’s grip |
| (vi) break into | (f) stop working |
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