The general looked even more surprised then before and for a moment he couldn't seem to find his voice then he said do you mean to tell me that you were selling another mans dog and knew it? what is the role of the idiom in this sentence answers

To show that the General had a difficult time saying something.

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answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.