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"He’s seen the error of his ways”, cried Percy, the resilient. That’s what he’s gone and done. At the eleventh hour. (a) What error is Percy speaking about? Whose error? (b) What has he done at last?
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"He’s seen the error of his ways”, cried Percy, the resilient. That’s what he’s gone and done. At the eleventh hour.
(a) What error is Percy speaking about? Whose error?
(b) What has he done at last?
(c) Give the meaning of ‘resilient’.
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31/01/2021 11:28 am
(а) Percy is speaking about Bill’s error in taking part in another boxing match.
(b) Bill has abandoned boxing at last.
(c) ‘one who quickly recovers from shock’.
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