‘A bear hug’ pertains to an action which shows actual love by the core of its heart. It is always friendly. On the other hand a hyena and crocodile do not spare human beings. Hyenas never laugh. But their faces look like that. Crocodiles do not weep but tears come when they swallow their prey. In evRead more
‘A bear hug’ pertains to an action which shows actual love by the core of its heart. It is always friendly. On the other hand a hyena and crocodile do not spare human beings. Hyenas never laugh. But their faces look like that. Crocodiles do not weep but tears come when they swallow their prey.
In every language we get similar expressions and popular ideas about wild animals.
No, the words ‘lept’ and ‘lep’ are spelt incorrectly. The poet has spelled them like this so that he can keep the rhythm of the poem. When spelled this way, they rhyme with the first part of ‘leopard’, thus giving emphasis to ‘leopard’ in each line. For more answers visit to website: https://www.tiwRead more
No, the words ‘lept’ and ‘lep’ are spelt incorrectly. The poet has spelled them like this so that he can keep the rhythm of the poem. When spelled this way, they rhyme with the first part of ‘leopard’, thus giving emphasis to ‘leopard’ in each line.
The poet suggests that if a huge and yellowish-brown beast in the jungle in the east makes a move towards us, then it is an Asian lion. We can identify it when it roars at us while we are dying with terror. When we come across a wild beast that is yellow in colour with black stripes, it is a BengalRead more
The poet suggests that if a huge and yellowish-brown beast in the jungle in the east makes a move towards us, then it is an Asian lion. We can identify it when it roars at us while we are dying with terror. When we come across a wild beast that is yellow in colour with black stripes, it is a Bengal tiger. We can identify it when it eats us.
Yes, ‘dyin’ somehow rhyme with ‘lion’. We can rhyme ‘dyin’ properly with the words ‘fine’ or ‘sign’ etc. For more answers visit to website: https://www.tiwariacademy.com/ncert-solutions/class-10/english/first-flight-chapter-3/
Yes, ‘dyin’ somehow rhyme with ‘lion’. We can rhyme ‘dyin’ properly with the words ‘fine’ or ‘sign’ etc.
According to me, it was the narrator’s own self that helped him through the storm. As the woman at the control centre saw only his plane on the radar, there was no other plane in the storm. The narrator might have been hallucinating. He was a good pilot, and it might have been his own self that cameRead more
According to me, it was the narrator’s own self that helped him through the storm. As the woman at the control centre saw only his plane on the radar, there was no other plane in the storm. The narrator might have been hallucinating. He was a good pilot, and it might have been his own self that came to his help.
Do you know what a ‘bear hug’ is? It’s a friendly and strong hug — such as bears are thought to give, as they attack you! Again, hyenas are thought to laugh, and crocodiles to weep (‘crocodile tears’) as they swallow their victims. Are there similar expressions and popular ideas about wild animals in your own language(s)?
‘A bear hug’ pertains to an action which shows actual love by the core of its heart. It is always friendly. On the other hand a hyena and crocodile do not spare human beings. Hyenas never laugh. But their faces look like that. Crocodiles do not weep but tears come when they swallow their prey. In evRead more
‘A bear hug’ pertains to an action which shows actual love by the core of its heart. It is always friendly. On the other hand a hyena and crocodile do not spare human beings. Hyenas never laugh. But their faces look like that. Crocodiles do not weep but tears come when they swallow their prey.
In every language we get similar expressions and popular ideas about wild animals.
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Do you think the words “lept” and “lep” in the third stanza are spelt correctly? Why does the poet spell them like this?
No, the words ‘lept’ and ‘lep’ are spelt incorrectly. The poet has spelled them like this so that he can keep the rhythm of the poem. When spelled this way, they rhyme with the first part of ‘leopard’, thus giving emphasis to ‘leopard’ in each line. For more answers visit to website: https://www.tiwRead more
No, the words ‘lept’ and ‘lep’ are spelt incorrectly. The poet has spelled them like this so that he can keep the rhythm of the poem. When spelled this way, they rhyme with the first part of ‘leopard’, thus giving emphasis to ‘leopard’ in each line.
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How does the poet suggest that you identify the lion and the tiger? When can you do so, according to him?
The poet suggests that if a huge and yellowish-brown beast in the jungle in the east makes a move towards us, then it is an Asian lion. We can identify it when it roars at us while we are dying with terror. When we come across a wild beast that is yellow in colour with black stripes, it is a BengalRead more
The poet suggests that if a huge and yellowish-brown beast in the jungle in the east makes a move towards us, then it is an Asian lion. We can identify it when it roars at us while we are dying with terror. When we come across a wild beast that is yellow in colour with black stripes, it is a Bengal tiger. We can identify it when it eats us.
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Does “dyin” really rhyme with “lion”? Can you say it in such a way that it does?
Yes, ‘dyin’ somehow rhyme with ‘lion’. We can rhyme ‘dyin’ properly with the words ‘fine’ or ‘sign’ etc. For more answers visit to website: https://www.tiwariacademy.com/ncert-solutions/class-10/english/first-flight-chapter-3/
Yes, ‘dyin’ somehow rhyme with ‘lion’. We can rhyme ‘dyin’ properly with the words ‘fine’ or ‘sign’ etc.
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Who do you think helped the narrator to reach safely? Discuss this among yourselves and give reasons for your answer.
According to me, it was the narrator’s own self that helped him through the storm. As the woman at the control centre saw only his plane on the radar, there was no other plane in the storm. The narrator might have been hallucinating. He was a good pilot, and it might have been his own self that cameRead more
According to me, it was the narrator’s own self that helped him through the storm. As the woman at the control centre saw only his plane on the radar, there was no other plane in the storm. The narrator might have been hallucinating. He was a good pilot, and it might have been his own self that came to his help.
For more answers visit to website:
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