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Participles: Translation exercise.
Translate into Hindi using participles whenever appropriate.
        I was standing in the park with (my) hands stuck ( डाल ) in (my) pockets. I ( मुझे ) had already been two (or) three hours wandering (through) the whole bazaar in search ( तलाश में ) of a book written by a professor of mine. How old and tired my professor looked ( लग ) and still his books didn't sell.
        I saw her (as she was) getting down from a moving bus. She was wearing a beautiful ( ख़ूबसूरत ) red dress. I watched ( देखता रह ) her cross the street with ( लिये हुए ) a silk ( रेशम ) umbrella and sweater knit from ( का ) wool in (her) hand. Going toward the river, she stopped by a bridge made of stone.
        Suddenly someone screamed ( चिल्ला ) and she began to run toward a man drowning in the water. Catching his hand, she pulled ( खींच ला ) him out of the water. Then she saw that he was holding on to a large floating piece ( टुकड़ा ) of wood. And then I saw that the man's smiling face was my old, tired professor's!
        When I left, the two of them, sitting among the flowers, were talking and basking in the sun ( धूप सेक ).
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Keyed in by  विवेक अगरवाल 1-2 May 2002. Posted and proofread 7 May 2002.