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Vocabulery
                 Study the words

                 V1.  From the text find the words or phrases that match
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                      these definitions and write them down. The number of
                      the paragraph where you will find the words/phrases
                      has been given in brackets.
                      1.    a small area of still water in a hollow place —————(1)
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                      2.    to be so excited angry or interested etc. that you forget
                            everything else  ———— (3)
                      3.    a feeling that you are better than other people———(8)

                      4.    leave a place or habit at for ever ——————  (8)
                      5.    alone or single ——————— (8)

                 V2.  Read the dialogue between Yudhistira and Yaksha
                      carefully, and match the items in ‘A’ with the items in
                      ‘B’.
                                    A                                    B

                   earth, friend of a traveller, power      learning,  god, mother,
                   behind the sun, faster than the          mind, happiness
                   wind, result of good conduct

                 After matching, frame appropriate sentences. One example
                 is done.

                    Mind is imagined to be faster than wind.
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                 V3.  Look at the underlined words in the given sentences,
                 and see how prefixes are added.

                      1.    He began to feel terribly drowsy and soon fell uncon-
                            scious.

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