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You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.

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Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.

You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.

the student/The teacher/his eyebrows/when/said that/all their lessons/raised/they had revised

Ans:____________________________________________

Idiom:__________________________________________

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Solution

Ans. The teacher raised his eyebrows when the students said that they had revised all their lessons.

Idiom: raised his eyebrows − expressed doubt/surprise

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Chapter 4.1: Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory - Working with Language [Page 71]

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