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Flamingo Prose CH 1 The Last Lesson — ENGLISH STD 12 Commerce — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceENGLISHFlamingo Prose CH 1 The Last Lesson5 Marks
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(began, unison,great bustle, everything, apprentice, plenty, blacksmith, understand, commotion, hurried)
Then, as I _______ by as fast as I could go, the ________ , Wachter, who was there, with his ______ reading the bulletin, called after me, “Don’t go so fast, bub; you’ll get to your school in ______ of time!” I thought he was making fun of me, and reached M. Hamel’s little garden all out of breath. Usually, when school _______, there was a _______ , which could be heard out in the street, the opening and closing of desks, lessons repeated in ______, very loud, with our hands over our ears to________ better, and the teacher’s great ruler rapping on the table. But now it was all so still! I had counted on the ________ to get to my desk without being seen; but, of course, that day _______had to be as quiet as Sunday morning.
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Hurried , blacksmith, apprentice, plenty,great bustle, began, unison, understand, commotion, everything

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