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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
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high flood

Hello,

One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow where he lived with his father and mother, and carried him, kicking and clucking, down a roadside ditch.

What is meaning of the words in bold letters?

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Hi, One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow where he lived with his father and mother, and carried him, kicking and clucking , down a roadside ditch. It rained in the summer, and the water made the river rise high. As the water carried him, he was kicking his legs around.

  • Hi, One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow where he lived with his father and mother, and carried him, kicking and clucking , down a roadside ditch.
  • It rained in the summer, and the water made the river rise high.
  • As the water carried him, he was kicking his legs around.
  • 'Clucking' usually refers to the noise a chicken makes with its mouth, perhaps a mongoose makes a similar noise.
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Hi,

One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow where he lived with his father and mother, and carried him, kicking and clucking, down a roadside ditch.

It rained in the summer, and the water made the river rise high.

As the water carried him, he was kicking his legs around. 'Clucking' usually refers to the noise a

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