Meanings of the words
Eleveses
a drink and a small amount to eat between breakfast and lunch
Did Paddington get a jackpot and what was its cost?
Yes, Paddington got a jackpot of 555 pounds.
Soothingly
in a way that makes you feel calm
What is the cost of each question?
1 quiestion - 5 pounds
2 question - 50 pounds
3 question - 500 pounds
Restlessness
the quality of being unwilling or unable to stay still or to be quiet and calm, because you are worried or bored
What was the first question about?
“How many buns make five?”
At a loss
not knowing what to do
What was the second question about?
“You had a piece of wood eight feet long and you cut it in half, and if you cut the two pieces you then have into half, and if you then cut all the pieces into half again how many pieces would you have? How long will each of the pieces be?”
To die away
If something, especially a sound, dies away, it gradually becomes reduced until it stops existing or disappears
What was the third question about?
“It takes two men twenty minutes to fill a fifty-gallon bath full of water using one tap, how long will it take one man to fill the same bath using both taps”