Reader's Digest UK

IT PAYS TO INCREASE YOUR Word Power

1. averruncator—A: manual posthole digger. B: instrument for pruning trees. C: press for crushing grapes.

2. chamois—A: cloth to strain whey in cheese making. B: cast-iron frying pan. C: porous leather used for polishing.

—A: large box with holes for keeping fish alive in water. B: trowel for smoothing concrete. C: curved knife

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