question_answer 18)

Given below are jumbled sentences. Working in groups, rearrange the words in each sentence to form correct sentences. You will find that each 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. One sentence has been worked out for you as an example.  Jumbled sentence: vanished The car seemed to into thin have air.    1.   Stop / and tell me / beating about / what you want / the bush 2.  don't pay/if/you attention/you might/the wrong train/to the announcement/boar     3.   The villagers/tried/the crime/on the young woman/to pin. 4.   Bepin Babu/orders to/telling people/under/loved/doctor's/eat early/that/he was. 5.   the students/the teacher/his eyebrows/when/said that/all their lemons/raised/they had visited.              

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Eg:The car seemed to have vanished into thin air. Idiom: vanished into thin air: disappeared or vanished in a mysterious way.     1) Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you want Idiom: Beating about the bush - find out aimlessly.   2)If you don't pay attention to the announcement you might board to the wrong train. Idiom: Pay attention—to be attentive.   3)The villagers tried to pin the crime on the young woman. Idiom: To accuse someone - to blame someone for the crime.   4) Bepin Babu loved telling people that he had under doctor's orders to eat early. Idiom: To eat early—to eat frequently.   5) The teacher raised his eyebrows when the students said that they had visited all their lemons. Idiom: Raised his eyebrows—looked with surprise or anger.