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The narrative has many phrases to describe the scenic beauty of the mountainside like:
A flawless half-moon floated in a perfect blue sky.
Scan the text to locate other such picturesque phrases.
Here are a few extracts from the text that describe the scenic beauty of the Tibet region:
"Extended banks of cloud like long French loaves glowed pink as the sun emerged to splash the distant mountain tops with a rose-tinted blush."
"We entered a valley where the river was wide and mostly clogged with ice, brilliant white and glinting in the sunshine. The trail hugged its bank, twisting with the meanders as we gradually gained height and the valley sides closed in."
Explain the use of the adjectives in the following phrases
(i) shaggy monsters
(ii) brackish lakes
(iii) rickety table
(iv) hairpin bend
(v) rudimentary general stores
The adjective used for monsters here is shaggy, and by definition, we go shaggy is long, thick, untidy hair. Here, It gives us the idea of the appearance of monsters. For instance, monsters here appears to belong untidy and rough overall and not just their hairs. However, the meaning can differ depending upon the context.
Again brackish by definition says salty. But here brackish lakes represent unpleasant taste attached to the lakes.
Rickety tables represent shaky and weak tables, tables which do not have stability and is weak.
Hairpin bend denotes sharp U-turn of roads just like the hairpin that we use id bend.
Rudimentary means basic, not developed or advanced. So the rudimentary general store here is used to highlight the underdeveloped condition of the store. The general store doesn't have all the assets and is limited in the products that it has.
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