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Question
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
magnum opus
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Solution
magnum opus: the most important piece of work done by a writer or artist
‘The Jungle Book’ is considered to be a magnum opus of Rudyard Kipling’s.
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