It's 'in those days'.. specifying those days as in the past.
Answer:
1. <em>Brooding</em> goes with a. moody, sullen, or unhappy in thought.
2. <em>Scrupulous</em> goes with c. concerned with avoiding wrong actions.
3. <em>Hedge</em> goes with g. a boundary formed by bushes or shrubs.
4. <em>Abstain</em> goes with e. restrain oneself from doing something.
5. <em>Trellis</em> goes with d. a support made from metal or wood for plants or vines to lean on.
6. <em>Constraints</em> goes with f. limitations or restrictions.
7. <em>Lavish </em>goes with h. expensive and elaborate.
8. <em>Ravishing</em> goes with b. beautiful.
B: the subject's diary
all other sources are not primary, and therefore trash
Compound words are words that are made up of two or more free morphemes
We call the process of inventing a new word ‘coining’ a word
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