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प्रश्न
Rewrite the following in indirect speech.
….. the words seemed to mean, “Let us do this painful thing while the fit is on us.”
उत्तर
The words seemed to mean that they should do that painful thing while the fit was on them.
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| Idioms | Meaning |
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