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Both A and C
Answer:
raining hard = raining<u> cats and dogs</u>
walked= <u>strolled</u>
felt cold and wet = <u>could feel the rain droplets as sharp glass pieces hitting her chilled face and numb hands</u> even<u> in the biting cold</u>
worried about being late=<u>what killed her inside</u> was being late at that peculiar time.
Explanation:
It was raining hard as Maria walked down the street. She felt cold and wet and was worried about being late.
It was raining<u> cats and dogs</u> as Maria <u>strolled </u>down the street. She <u>could feel the rain droplets as sharp glass pieces hitting her chilled face and numb hands</u> even<u> in the biting cold</u> but <u>what killed her inside</u> was being late at that peculiar time.
The changed sentence has the same meaning as the original sentence but depicts more feelings of the girl both on the outside and the inside.
In case something important or bad happens
Answer:
B. Very Bad
Explanation:
We can infer the meaning of "appalling" by looking at the surrounding information of the word, that is to say, by using context clues. Phrases like "An awful fate" and "the worst I’ve ever seen" helps us infer that "appalling" is not a good thing, instead, it must refer to something very bad, horrifying or astonishing.