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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: on approval - English

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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:

on approval

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Seetha went abroad on her dad’s approval.

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Chapter 2.3: A Shot in the Dark - Exercises [Page 64]

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Samacheer Kalvi English Class 11 TN Board
Chapter 2.3 A Shot in the Dark
Exercises | Q 3. a) | Page 64

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