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Ferocious juggernaut
Antediluvian saurian
Jostled
Brainless craft
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Answer:
) What are sleepers? What made the timber float down the river?
Sleepers are rectangular pieces of timber, stone or steel which are specifically cut for construction of building and railway tracks.
Timber is less denser than water. So it floats. British used rivers for transportation of timber, not by boats, but by directly floating them till they reach their destination.
ii) What is meant by dislodge? How can the sleepers be dislodged?
Dislodge is an act of forcefully removing something from its position.
Sleepers that are lying stuck in the stones can be dislodged by delivering sufficient force, manually or mechanically, to the sleepers using a lever like contrivance. Also, floods can lift them and jostle them along.
iii) From where did the crocodile come? Why did he come? What was he doing in the shallow waters?
The crocodile had come from deep black. water of the river where the flowing streams produced whirlpools.
He had come to glassy shallows of the river to rest.
He balanced his body on tiptoe on the rippled sand so that only his eyes and nostrils were visible above the
water. He lay in the water motionless breathing clean sunny air.
iv) Why did the crocodile raise his eyes and nostrils out of water?
The crocodile raised his eyes to get a clear sight of the area around the stepping stones and raised his nostrils to breath easily, this enabled him to lay motionless and concealed, in ambush, for prolonged duration.
Answer:
1)Ferocious: Cruel, violent, fierce.
2)Juggernaut: A very large, overpowering, destructive force.
3)Antediluvian: of or belonging to the time before the biblical flood, ancient, outdated.
4)Saurian: of or like a lizard.
5)Jostled: push, bump against someone, jolt, collide with.
6)Brainless Craft: making use of one's craft.