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Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase: making up for lost time

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Explain the following phrase selected from the story in your own word and work with a partner to make sentence using these phrase:

making up for lost time

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The boy had to study two hours more every day to make up for the lost time.

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अध्याय 2.3: A Shot in the Dark - Exercises [पृष्ठ ६४]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
अध्याय 2.3 A Shot in the Dark
Exercises | Q 3. e) | पृष्ठ ६४

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