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31/01/2021 11:24 am
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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
“The fight’s over”, said the unsuppressed Major, joyfully, “Bell’s won, with me seconding him.”
(а) Why was the Major happy and excited?
(b) What does it mean ‘Bill’s won’?
(c) What does ‘seconding’ mean?
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31/01/2021 11:25 am
(а) The Major was happy because Mr. Bramble had agreed to give up boxing after one bout.
(b) It means that Bill has a moral victory in deciding to give up boxing so that his son is not ashamed to his being a boxer.
(c) ‘supporting’.