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Pa, can’t you give me a picture of yourself boxing I could swank like anything. And you don’t know how sick a chap gets of having chaps call him, “Goggles”. (a) Who is the speaker? (b) What are his feelings in wanting to show off his father’s pictu...
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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
Pa, can’t you give me a picture of yourself boxing I could swank like anything. And you don’t know how sick a chap gets of having chaps call him, “Goggles”.
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) What are his feelings in wanting to show off his father’s picture as a boxer?
(c) Give the meaning of ‘swank’.
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31/01/2021 11:41 am
(a) Harold is the speaker.
(b) He has the feelings of pride and excitement.
(c) ‘boast’.
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