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Question
Answer the following.
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| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Solution
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| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
| Refrigerator | குளிர்பதனப்பெட்டி | Last month my father bought a refrigerator. |
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