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The squad listened in a cowed, horrifying kind of silence. (а) What do you mean by ‘the squad’ here? (b) What made them horrified and silent? (c) Give the meaning of ‘cowed’.

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Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:

The squad listened in a cowed, horrifying kind of silence.

(а) What do you mean by ‘the squad’ here?

(b) What made them horrified and silent?

(c) Give the meaning of ‘cowed’.

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(a) A small group of trainee soldiers.

(b) They were horrified and silent at the humiliating comments made by the Professor for the Corporal.

(c) ‘frightened’.

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