Question

Question 1: Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meanings from the context.

Class 12 - English - The Rattrap Page 32

Answer 1

Hi friend,

Your answers:

1. Keep body and soul together: To manage to keep alive

2. Hunger gleamed in his eyes: the expression of being very hungry on one’s face

3. Plods along the road: Moving along the road slowly but deliberately

4. Unwanted joy: Unusual happiness

5.Impenetrable prison: Impassable confinement

6.Nodded a haughty consent: An indifferent agreement

7.Eased his way: Moved himself slowly and carefully

8.Fallen into a line of thought: An agreement of thoughts

9.Things have gone downhill: Decline or grow worse

Hope it helps!