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Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option. The Sherpas are cheerful, gallant men, who______ tents, oxygen, food etc., for climbers during their ascent of the summit.

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Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.

The Sherpas are cheerful, gallant men, who______ tents, oxygen, food etc., for climbers during their ascent of the summit.

Options

  • wait for the dust to settle

  • get/have all your ducks in a row

  • fetch and carry

  • do the math

  • round the corner

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The Sherpas are cheerful, gallant men, who fetch and carry tents, oxygen, food etc., for climbers during their ascent of the summit.

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