A. Read this passage.
What happens to a man when he
There are men I know who can wake
wanders about the house in the middle
themselves at any time to the minute
of the night, clad in a dressing gown
They say to themselves, as they lay their
and a pair of slippers, there is no need
heads upon the pillow. "Four thirty",
"Four forty-five" or "Five-fifteen", as the to describe. Everything especially
case may be and as the clock strikes, they everything with a sharp corner takes
a delight in hitting him. When you are
open their cyes. It is really wonderful
the more one thinks about it, the greater wearing a pair of strong boots, things get
out of your way. When you move among
the mystery grows.
furniture in slippers and no socks,
Im
my own case my inner watchman is,
it comes at you and kicks
perhaps, somewhat out of practice,
He does his best, but he is overanxious. I return to bed bad-tempered, and take
He worries himself, and loses count.
half an hour to get to sleep again. From
I say to him, maybe, "Five-thirty, please," four to five my inner watchman wakes
and he wakes me with a start at 2.30 am. me every ten minutes. I wish I had never
I look at my watch. He suggests that,
said a word to him about getting up,
perhaps, I forgot to wind it up. I put it At 5 am, he goes to sleep himself, and
to my ear it is still going. But my inner
leaves it to someone else to wake me up,
watchman is confident it is 5.30 a.m., if which they do half an hour later than
not a little later. To satisfy him, I put on usual,
a pair of slippers and go downstairs to
check the dining room clock.
Adapted from "Three Men on the Bummel
by Jerome K JeJerom
give the meanings of these words as used in the passage one word answer or short phrases will be accepted
1. to the minute (para 1)
2.start (para 2)
3. takes a delight in (para 3)
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