Answer: To perform magic
Explanation:
The phrase is: 'Perhaps he was shouting - but the sound did not reach me. But how the deuce had he done this? I felt like a man who has just seen a new conjuring trick.'
In this context, the word conjuring refers to performing some kind of magic trick, because the speaker uses it as a metaphor of something unexplainable at first sight. It doesn´t refer to the action of calling someone, nor bringing something to mind. Although the word 'conjuring might usually be used to refer to the summons of a spirit, in this sentence that wouldn´t make sense.
Answer:Evaluate the expression, given functions f and h:
f(x) = 3x − 1,
h(x) = −2x2 + 3x − 2.
f
7
3
− h(−2)
Explanation:
What caused the people of Poker Flat to be ‘after somebody’?
A) A citizen was in big trouble.
B) A citizen caused a fight in town.
C) Somebody had committed a murder and fled to the town of Poker Flat to escape capture.
D) The town had lost several thousand dollars, two valuable horses, and a prominent citizen.
The town had lost several thousand dollars, two valuable horses, and a prominent citizen.
Answer: Option D.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Poker Flat has a notoriety of being a somewhat uncivilized, ungovernable settlement where hoodlums, gamblers, and prostitutes frequent and make their living.
In any case, Poker Flat has as of late encountered a "spasm of virtuous reaction" in the wake of enduring the loss of a few thousand dollars, two significant steeds, and a noticeable resident.