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Winter was so bad that the nomadic tribesmen found it difficult to keep the wolf from the door .

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Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase given in bold.
Winter was so bad that the nomadic tribesmen found it difficult to keep the wolf from the door .
1). hunt wild animals
2). escape starvation
3). get woollen clothes
4). walk on ice


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