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The guru and his disciples found three persons Standing before the gate and shouting at one another. They were about to come to blows. In the moonlight, the sentries seated atop the wall were enjoying their quarrel.The guru observed the three men and listened to their angry exchanges. He soon understood the cause of their dispute. The three were the residents of the town, but had been locked out as they were late in returning from some pleasure- trip.One of them, who was drunk, proposed that they should storm the gate and march into the town over the smashed metal-plated doors. “Heroes that we are, this will be the right thing for us to do,” he claimed.(1) What did the guru and his disciples find?(2) How did the guru come to understand the cause of the three persons ?(3) What was the cause of their dispute ?(4) What did the drunk man suggest?(5) What does the phrase ‘Come to blows’ mean ?

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(1) The guru and his disciples found three persons standing before the gate and shouting at one another.

(2) The guru observed the three men and listened to their exchanges, and soon understood the cause of their dispute.

(3) The three men were the residents of the town, but had been locked out as they were late in returning from some pleasure-trip.

(4) The drunk man suggested that they should storm the gate and march into the town over the smashed metal-plated doors.

(5) The phrase ‘Come to blows’ means ‘to get into a fight, often physically’.



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