The correct preposition that you should add to make the sentence correct is TO. The answer is then "To facilitate a quick getaway, the cunning thief parked the car perpendicular to the building". Perpendicular things always have the preposition TO next to them.
It’s saying the sea “licked greedy lips” the Sea doesn’t have lips so it’s a type of personification because it’s giving a non living thing humanistic characters.
“About Mars” is the Adjective Phrase.
Adjective phrase describes “what kind of which ones”
So for example here
“After school, I looked for books about Mars.”
“About Mars” describes the kind of books so that makes it an Adjective phrase.
I hope this helps.
It’s whatever they say they think it is in first person
It's one who is awake, standing up, and presumably alert
to the wishes and commands of the Lord.
