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Flamingo Prose CH 3 Deep Water — ENGLISH STD 12 Commerce — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceENGLISHFlamingo Prose CH 3 Deep Water5 Marks
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(refused, terror-stricken, exhale, scare, dive off, gradually, satisfied, panic, exhale, swimmer)
Then he taught me to put my face under water and _____ and to raise my nose and inhale. I repeated the exercise hundreds of times. Bit by bit I shed part of the ______ that seized me when my head went under water. Next he held me at the side of the pool and had me kick with my legs. For weeks I did just that. At first my legs _____ to work. But they ____relaxed; and finally, I could command them. Thus, piece by piece, he built a ______. And when he had perfected each piece, he put them together into an integrated whole. In April he said, “Now you can swim. ______and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke.” I did. The instructor was finished. But I was not finished. I stifi wondered if I would be _______ when I was alone in the pooi. I tried it. I swam the length up and down. Tiny _______of the old terror would return. But now I could frown and say to that terror, “Trying to ______ me, eh? Well, here’s to you! Loold” And off I’d go for another length of the pool. This went on until July. But I was still not ______
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exhale, panic, refused, gradually, swimmer, Dive off, terror-stricken, vestiges, scare, satisfied.

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