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Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write. i. Why is Lencho compared to an ox? ii. What does it mean when the author says, ‘but he still knew how to write’? iii. What does the phrase ‘an ox of a man’ means? |
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Answer» i. Lencho worked untiringly like an ox in his field. He was as hardworking as an ox. ii. Although Lencho worked very hard in the fields and by profession was a farmer, he had learned to read and write. iii. The phrase ‘an ox of a man’ means a well built and a hardworking man. |
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