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Pick out and rewrite the exact sentence which indirectly imply the following :(a) Della was not too happy about bargaining for grocery etc.(b) The flat was in a dilapidated condition.(c) King Soloman would express his jealousy of Jim.(d) Della spent a joyful time, for two hours.(e) Della’s elated mood underwent a change as she opened her gift.(f) The weekly income amount does not matter. |
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Answer» (a) Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned. (b) It did not actually beggar description, but certainly had that word on the look out for the mendicancy squad. (c) Had King Solomon been the janitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement, Jim would have pulled out his watch every time he passed, just to see him pluck at his beard with envy. (d) The next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. (e) An ecstatic scream of joy; and then alas! A quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails. (f) Whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called ‘Jim’ and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young. |
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