Question

Give the meaning of the following expression:-

1.) all building up

2.)dashed in the dirt

3.) nearer the mark

Chapter - Nine Gold Medals
By - David Roth
ICSE

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Answer 1

Answer:

1 the regime built up the largest army in Africa

2 due to the failure of last movie the hero career dashed in the dirt

3 his design is nearer the mark but i think he can do better

Answer 2

Building up means preparing.

dashed in th dirt means destroyed.

near the mark means appropriate.

(here it means that the name of the game i.e. "Special Olympics" was was totally correct and suitable because the athletes helped each other in a specific way and the name could not have been lived upto better than this in any other way)

JAY SARASWATI .