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He was our hero, and we used to tell each other that he was so tough that you could hammer nails into him without his noticing it. (a) Who is ‘he’ referred to here? (b) What kind of person was he? (c) What does ‘tough’ mean?

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Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:

He was our hero, and we used to tell each other that he was so tough that you could hammer nails into him without his noticing it.

(a) Who is ‘he’ referred to here?

(b) What kind of person was he?

(c) What does ‘tough’ mean?

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(а) 'He’ is Corporal Turnbull.

(b) He was a young man, very serious and tough-minded.

(c) ‘mentally strong’.

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