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We are ____________ seriously about buying a new apartment. - English (Second/Third Language)

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We are ____________ seriously about buying a new apartment.

Options

  • contemplating

  • humiliate

  • scurried

  • disfigured

  • envious

  • contemptible

  • matted

  • startled

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We are contemplating seriously about buying a new apartment.

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Chapter 4.2: Bholi - English Workshop [Page 138]

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Balbharati My English Coursebook 10 Standard SSC Maharashtra State Board
Chapter 4.2 Bholi
English Workshop | Q 1.(g) | Page 138

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