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01/02/2021 11:27 am
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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :
“Excuse me,” says I, ‘can you tell me where Mr. Hinkle lives. She looks me as cool as if I was the man come to see about the weeding of the garden, but I thought I saw just a twinkle of fun in her eyes.
(a) Why did the speaker ask about ‘Mr. Hinkle’?
(b) How did the girl look at him the way she does?
(c) Give the meaning of the word ‘weeding’.
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01/02/2021 11:27 am
(a) There was nobody called Mr. Hinkle. The speaker invented him as an excuse to start conversation with the lady.
(b) The girl looked at him with pretended aloofness and disinterestedness.
(c) ‘taking out weeds (wild plants) from the ground.’