The correct answer is 2) Idiom
Idioms are literary devices and expression used to portray thoughts and ideas in a stylized and interesting, yet, non-literal manner. In the given sentence, the policeman is not implying that he literally "lay down the law". By "lay down the law" he means he had to take action and enforce the law. Another example of an idiom is the expression "under the weather". When someone says they are "under the weather", the meaning is not literal, what they actually mean is that they are sick or unwell.
Answer:
Holmes is suspicious of Spaulding.
Explanation:
The story of <em>The Red-Headed League</em> by Arthur Conan Doyle from his Sherlock Holmes series revolves around the case of the bank robbery that Mr. Spaulding and his accomplice had planned. The robbery was thwarted, as usual, by Holmes and Watson.
In the given passage, Holmes is inquiring about this assistant of Mr. Wilson, Vincent Spaulding. Wilson agrees that there is no issue with the man except that he loves taking pictures and immediately goes to the cellar now and then. Holmes’s interest in the assistant suggests that he seems to be suspicious of him and his actions.
Thus, the correct answer is the first option.
Answer: What role did cultural diffusion play in the development of common themes in the world's literature? When people traveled or moved to other parts of the world, they took their stories shared them, often adapting them.
Answer:
Second-Class Citizen, written by Buchi Emecheta , tells the story of Adah, a Nigerian woman who overcomes setback after setback in her life due to her being classified as a second-class citizen.
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