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By way of facts, he told me that business had picked up since the party conventions and that he was going to get off at Coketown. (a) Who is ‘he’ mentioned here? (b) Why did he want to get off at Coketown? (c) Give the meaning of ‘to get off'.

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By way of facts, he told me that business had picked up since the party conventions and that he was going to get off at Coketown.

(a) Who is ‘he’ mentioned here?

(b) Why did he want to get off at Coketown?

(c) Give the meaning of ‘to get off'.

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(a) ‘He’ is John A. Pescud of Pittsburgh, the travelling salesman for a plate- glass company.

(b) He wished to buy petunias for his wife.

(c) ‘to board down’.

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