Dr. Barnard could not do the scheduled surgery and he and his wife could not look after their young baby.

Tea should be directly added to the pot to avoid imprisoning the tea. If the tea is not loose in the pot, it never in fuses properly.

There are lots of disputes to find out the best way of preparing a nice aup of tea. So it is important.

When Hillary removed the oxygen cylinder he felt a sense of freedom and well-being.

While the doctor couple were crossing the street after a lovely meal together, a car hit him and knocked him into his wife. She was thrown into the other lane and struck by a car coming from the opposite direction.

The firm snow gave them good foot-hold. They could cut steps up the last steep slopes and they could walk with the crampon shoes to the South Peak. It filled them with hope.

To escape the large overhanging cornices Hillary cut a line of steps down to where the snow met the rocks on the west.

The well-organized expedition was launched in the spring of 1953. After a pair of climbers failed to reach the top on May 27, Hillary and Tenzing set out for it early on May 29. By late morning they were standing on the summit. Tenzing paved steps towards the ridge and they reached the top of the ridge which was about 28000 feet. The snow was soft over the ridge and it made their route dangerous. After several hundred feet they came to a hollow. There they found two oxygen cylinders which had been left by Evens and Bourdillon on their previous attempt. Hillary was happy to find that the cylinders had hundreds of liters of oxygen which they could use for the downward journey. They continued their journey though the snow was little dangerous. With some difficulties they reached firmer snow higher up. They cut steps on the last steep slopes and walked on with their spike shoes to the South Peak. It was then 9 a.m.

Dr. Christiaan Barnard, a South African surgeon, designed artificial heart valves, and wrote extensively on the subject. In this essay Dr. Barnard ruminates on why people suffer. The two boys - one blind and another one with one arm - played with an unattended trolley. It was a casual incident in any hospital. But it changed Dr. Barnard's view on life. It taught him a new dimension of life. Dr. Barnard had a distorted view of suffering. In spite of being disabled, the boys provided a lot of entertainment to the patients of the hospital. He learnt that suffering is necessary, and being alive is important. He also learnt that the business of living Is the celebration of being alive. Dr. Barnard came to understand that the experience of suffering makes a person a better one. One can't appreciate light if he has not known darkness. Similarly warmth can be appreciated if one has experienced biting cold. The two children have shown Dr. Barnard that what you have been with left is more important than what you have lost.

The narrator was driving through the foothills of the Alps along with his companion. While driving on the outskirts of Verona, two young boys who were selling wild strawberries stopped their car. The small boys appeared to be quite shabby, and the driver was not keen on buying strawberries from them. Then the narrator's companion got to know that the boys were brothers. The elder one aged 13 was Nicola, and the younger brother, aged 12, was Jacopo. Then the narrator came to know that the boys did many jobs to earn money. They shoe shined, guided the tourists and sold newspapers. Before the War they had a very comfortable life but the war devastated their life. They lost their father and their house. They were thrown into the streets and suffered from starvation and severe 'cold. Because of this, tuberculosis affected their sister Lucia. They admitted her in a posh hospital for treatment. They had to pay the hospital bill every week. Their love for their sister was the driving force that made the boys do various jobs.

Simile.

Metaphor

Rhetorical Question

Simile.

i. Justice refers to man in his fifth stage.
ii. He has a fair belly and he has become fat from eating chicken. He has a serious look and a formal beard.
iii. He behaves with the people around him as a learned man.
iv. To show his wisdom he quotes many proverbs and modern instances.

i) The casuarina tree is the giant here.
ii) The scarf is colourful because it is made of crimson coloured flowers.

i) The wall was challenging
ii) The strength of the vall is conveyed in the above line.

(a) Experience is compared to an arch through which one can see the unknown world.
(b) When we see through the arch, the end fades away and immediately a new sight emerges. So the experience is endless.

should / must

Priya asked Vijay (a) where he was going
Vijay replied (b) that he was going to the Railway station
Priya further inquired (c) why he was going there
Vijay stated that (d) he wanted to receive his uncle who was coming from Bengaluru

From
Kannan G,
21, Amirtha Colony,
Thiruchengode.
July 21, 2019.
To
The Headmaster,
Govt. Higher Secondary School,
Thiruchengode.
Respected sir,
Sub : Requisition for duplicate mark sheet - Reg.
         I was a student of your school during 2011 - 2012 doing my Std XII - First Group. My name is G. Kannan and my class no. was 12. My exam register no was 6759231. I am sorry to inform you that I lost my mark sheet when I was travelling to Chennai. I made a complaint to the police and an FIR copy is attached with this letter. I request you to give a duplicate mark sheet at the earliest.
Thank you
Yours faithfully,
Kannan.

Reference :
This line is taken from The Castle' written by Edwin Muir.
Context :
The poet utters these words at the last part of the poem when he feels ashamed of being a soldier
Explanation :
The soldiers were very confident that the enemies could not enter their castle because they had very strong gates and thick and tall walls. But all their strength was lost due to the treacherous act of a wizard warder. He received bribery and opened the gates for the enemies. This tale of shame cannot be told to others. He has decided not to reveal this to anyone till his death.

Whether, or

POEM: The Castle
POET: Edwin Muir

Reference :
These lines are taken from 'All the World's a Stage' which is an extract from Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'.
Context :
The poet utters these words to describe the third stage - the lover
Explanation :
In this extract Shakespeare says that the world is a stage. Man plays many roles on the stage. Lover is the third stage. He always sighs like a furnace. He creates songs in praise of his lady love.

Reference:
This line is taken from 'Our Casuarina Tree' written by Toru Dutt.
Context
The poet describes what she saw through the window
Explanation:
She explains the casuarina tree and the surroundings. In the morning she used to look at the tree through the window. She usually enjoyed the sight of the tree. She says that the kokilas - birds like cuckoo - welcome the day with their songs. The sleepy cows casually went to their pastures. She tries to explain that she liked the sight through the window.

Reference :
These lines are taken from the poem 'Ulysses' written by Alfred Tennyson.
Context :
The poet expresses the confidence of Ulysses.
Explanation :
In the poem 'Ulysses' he describes his intention to travel to unknown places to gain knowledge and experience. In the last part of the poem Ulysses addresses his fellow sailors. The ships are ready to sail in the dark sea. His mariners have worked hard with him and have had the same thoughts as he has. Ulysses shifts our attention from his son to the port of Ithaca, where he tells us a ship is preparing to set sail. It looks like he's planning on skipping town after all, and with his old friends as well."Gloom" is usually a noun but here it's a verb that means "appearing dark" or "scowling."

Reference:
These lines are taken from the poem 'Ulysses' written by Alfred Tennyson.
Context
The poet explains what fame Ulysses has gained so far and what he aspires.
Explanation:
In the poem 'Ulysses' he describes his intention to travel to unknown places to gain knowledge and experience. His ship may drift from one place to another because of strong wind. He has earned a name for himself a constant traveller. He always roams around with a hungry heart. Hungry heart stands for his strong desire to travel to unknown places.

Reference:
These lines are taken from 'All the World's a Stage' which is an extract from Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'.
Context :
The poet utters these words when he wants to express hoW man enters the orld.
Explanation :
In this extract Shakespeare says that the world is a stage. Man enters this stage through his birth and he leaves the stage through death. In between birth and death he plays - seven roles.

Reference
This line is taken from 'Our Casuarina Tree' written by Toru Dutt.
Context:
The poet is eager to sanctify the memory of the tree.
Explanation:
The poet feels that the tree is dear to her not for its gallant appearance but for the nostalgic memories of her happy childhood that it brings to her. The poet wishes to consecrate the tree's memory and importance for the sake of those who are now dead - and looks ahead to death, hoping that the tree should be spared from obscurity.

Gresham offered him to pay hundred thousand dollars. Gresham justified saying that Baldwin was underpaid when he was in service and the hundred thousand dollars would be the difference between what he was paid and what he had been worth to the bank.

Pi became an orphan. He was hanging on an oar. He had a tiger in front of him and sharks beneath him. A violent storm was raging about him.

agonizing experience

Their leader was expected by the crowd to arrive, early in the morning

man - many.

Percival Wilde's play "The Hour of Truth" is an intense psychological study. It studies the corrupting influence of money on people. The plot of the play explores greed from different angles. Almost all individuals in this play are tempted by money. This one act play particularly shows how easily people forget their moral values and principles. Baldwin was an honest and upright man, working under John Gresham, in a bank. Gresham and Baldwin had been thick friends for over 30 years and Baldwin had even named his son after Gresham. Gresham had been arrested for misappropriation of money at the bank and Baldwin was to testify against him. Gresham had been a sincere person and Baldwin was an honest man. Both were good friends-but when Baldwin came to know about the misappropriation of money he decided to part with him. Though Gresham promised to give him 100000 dollars for saving him Baldwin did not accept the offer. At the end Baldwin's family wanted to help Gresham because they were greedy to get the money from Gresham. But Baldwin kept his honesty till the end.

Geetha asked Angel whether she would help her to pack her bag.