Given below are some idioms and phrases used in the short story. Work

1.	Given below are some idioms and phrases used in the short story. Work in pairs. Spot them in the story and use them in sentences of your own.indulge intaking charge ofshake offtake to task come to passget the better of be filled withset out for laugh at
Answer» Indulge in: (enjoy, be happy in) Don’t indulge in gossip, it’s a bad habit. Take to task: (reprimand, scold) Shamu was taken to task for dirtying the room. Come to pass: (take place, happen) It came to pass that the idler was placed in the workers’ paradise. Take charge of:(assume responsibility) Our new president is taking charge of the committee’s activities. Get the better of: (win over) Bad people get the better of good people very easily. Be filled with: (experience) I was filled with joy when I heard the news of my promotion. ‘ Shake off: (throw off) Shake off your lethargy and start practicing for the competition. Set out for: (start for a place) Mahesh has set out for Mumbai to look for a new job. Laugh at: (mock at) Don’t laugh at others’ mistakes.

Given below are some idioms and phrases used in the short story. Work in pairs. Spot them in the story and use them in sentences of your own.indulge intaking charge ofshake offtake to task come to passget the better of be filled withset out for laugh at

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Indulge in: (enjoy, be happy in) Don’t indulge in gossip, it’s a bad habit.

Take to task: (reprimand, scold) Shamu was taken to task for dirtying the room.

Come to pass: (take place, happen) It came to pass that the idler was placed in the workers’ paradise.

Take charge of:(assume responsibility) Our new president is taking charge of the committee’s activities.

Get the better of: (win over) Bad people get the better of good people very easily.

Be filled with: (experience) I was filled with joy when I heard the news of my promotion. ‘

Shake off: (throw off) Shake off your lethargy and start practicing for the competition.

Set out for: (start for a place) Mahesh has set out for Mumbai to look for a new job.

Laugh at: (mock at) Don’t laugh at others’ mistakes.