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“Forty-four”. “What’s that ?” The Corporal looked over his shoulder. (а) Who spoke ‘forty-four’? What did he mean? (b) What was the Corporal’s reaction?

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Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:

“Forty-four”.
“What’s that ?” The Corporal looked over his shoulder.

(а) Who spoke ‘forty-four’? What did he mean?

(b) What was the Corporal’s reaction?

(c) What do you mean by ‘looked over’?

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(а) Private Quelch spoke ‘forty four’. He meant to say that a grenade is divided into forty four fragments.

(b) The Corporal was baffled at this sudden, unexpected remark.

(c) ‘inspected/examined’.

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