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प्रश्न
Make a list of the expressions that imbue the watch with human attributes.
उत्तर
The following is the list of some expressions that have brought about human attributes in the watch (personification):
i). "infallible in its judgment"
ii). "she is four minutes slow"
iii). "it sickened to a raging fever and its pulse went up to a hundred and fifty in the shade"
iv). "It was away into November enjoying the snow, while the October leaves were still turning"
v). " it would go like the very mischief, and keep up such a barking and wheezing and whooping and sneezing and snorting"
vi). " She makes too much steam you want to hang the monkey-wrench on the safety-valve!"
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