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Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own: status quo

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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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