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Flamingo Prose CH 8 Going Places — ENGLISH STD 12 Commerce — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceENGLISHFlamingo Prose CH 8 Going Places5 Marks
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(amazing, never, earmarked, sensible, leave, enough, reached, boutique, staring, doubtful)
“When I ____,“ Sophie said, coming home from school, “I’m going to have a ______.“Jansie, linking arms with her along the street; looked ______ “Takes money, Soaf, something like that.”“I’ll find it,” Sophie said, ______ far down the street. “Take you a long time to save that much.”“Well I’ll be a manager then - yes, of course - to begin with. Till I’ve got _____. But anyway, I know just how its all going to look.” They wouldn’t make you manager straight off, Soaf.”I’lI be like Mary Quant,” Sophie said. “I’ll be a natural. They’ll see it from the start. I’ll have the most ______ shop this city’s ever seen.”Jansie, knowing they were both ______ for the biscuit factory, became melancholy. She wished Sophie wouldn’t say these things. When they ______ Sophie’s Street Jansie said, “It’s only a few months away now, Soaf, you really should be ______. They don’t pay well for shop work, you know that, your dad would _____ allow it.”
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leave, boutique, doubtful, staring, enough, amazing, earmarked, reached, sensible, never

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