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Examples of the hard word help you guess its meaning.
Perishable foods, such as milk, curd and fresh fish, must be kept cold.
Likely to go bad or rot quickly.
Pack the perishable items in the cool box.
Remember: Look for "such as", "for example", "including" or "like". Ask: what do the examples share?
Short lessonReading cluesWhen you meet a new word, the sentence around it often holds clues to its meaning.