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Notes ANSWERS

1. (iii) 2. (iv) 3. (ii) 4. (ii) 5. (iii) 6. (ii) 7. (iii) 8. (i) 9. (iv) 10. (ii)
11. (ii) 12. (i) 13. (ii) 14. (iv) 15. (ii) 16. (ii) 17. (ii) 18. (i) 19. (iii) 20. (iv)
21. (ii) 22. (iv) 23. (iii) 24. (iii) 25. (i) 26. (iii) 27. (iii) 28. (i) 29. (ii) 30. (iv)
31. (i) 32. (i) 33. (iv) 34. (ii) 35. (iii) 36. (iii) 37. (iv) 38. (ii) 39. (i) 40. (ii)
41. (iii) 42. (i) 43. (i) 44. (iv) 45. (ii) 46. (iii) 47. (iv) 48. (ii) 49. (iii) 50. (iii)
51. (iii) 52. (iv) 53. (iii) 54. (iii) 55. (iii) 56. (iv) 57. (i) 58. (iii) 59. (i) 60. (iii)
61. (iv) 62. (i) 63. (iii) 64. (ii) 65. (iv) 66. (iii) 67. (iv) 68. (iv) 69. (iii) 70. (i)
71. (iv) 72. (i) 73. (ii) 74. (i) 75. (ii) 76. (iv) 77. (iv) 78. (iii) 79. (i) 80. (iii)
81. (i) 82. (iii) 83. (i) 84. (ii) 85. (iii) 86. (i) 87. (i) 88. (ii) 89. (i) 90. (i)
91. (iii) 92. (i) 93. (i) 94. (i) 95. (i) 96. (i) 97. (ii) 98. (i) 99. (iii) 100. (ii)
16.3 Idiomatic Expressions

Fill in the blanks in the following sentences choosing appropriate idiomatic expressions from
among those given below. Make necessary changes in the idioms to suit the sentences.
I. By and large; (to) carry weight; (to) cut a sorry figure; (to) look into; (to) look for; (i) lion’s share;
(to) make both ends meet; (to) make head or tail of; (i) man of straw; (i) man of letters.
1. He was informed that the police were ______ the matter.
2. You do not care much for him. It means you think him to be ______ .
3. Since morning, I have been ______ my lost watch.
4. Indian masses are ______ uneducated and ill-informed.
5. He spoke for about two hours, but I could ______ what he said.
6. Tagore is remembered as ______.
7. This argument of yours (not) ______.
8. Being the eldest son, he is sure to get ______ of his father’s property.
9. He ______ in his maiden speech.
10. In these days of rising prices, an average middle class family with its limited resources finds
it difficult ______.
ANSWERS
1. He was informed that the police were looking into the matter.
2. You do not care much for him. It means you think him to be a man of straw.
3. Since morning, I have been looking for my lost watch.
4. Indian masses are by and large uneducated and ill-informed.
5. He spoke for about two hours, but I could make neither head nor tail of what he said.
6. Tagore is remembered as a man of letters.
7. The argument of yours carries no weight.
8. Being the eldest son, he is sure to get the lion’s share of his father’s property.
9. He cut a sorry figure in his maiden speech.
10. In these days of rising prices, an average middle class family with its limited resources finds
it difficult to make both ends meet.

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