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Ashes : Ramu, Did you know the man
who gave you the blink?

Ramu : That lanky one?
B Ashes : Yes, that lanky! He saved a

child from being drowned.

Ramu : That’s brave!

3.2. Work in pair. Make similar conversations and practice

with your partner with the clues given.

a. woman – fat – ate the whole chicken – wonderful

b. boy – short – dived in to the big river for 50 rupees –

crazy

4 Vocabulary Time

4.1. Know the following idioms.

a. speak the devil : when a person we are

talking about arrives
Use : Look, Astha has come, we

were talking about her
and she’s here. Speak the

devil!
b. let sleeping dogs lie : not to disturb a situation

Use : You can not change this
situation so let sleeping

dogs lie.

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