An opportunity to seek vengeance on their friends behalf; the socs wanted to avenge Bob's death, and the greasers wanted to settle the score for Johnny.
Also, the lot is a less conspicuous place where they hoped cops would not break up the fight. Moreover, the lot is convenient for the greasers in terms of location because it's their neighborhood.
Unknown, strange, abnormal, odd, uncommon unusual.
We tried to watch TV, but her hiccups were very distracting.
Or
We tried to watch TV, but her hiccups were too distracting.
Answer and Explanation:
Since this question has no options, I will offer a general explanation of the foreign expression.
<u>The sentence we are analyzing here presents the French expression "carte blanche". Giving someone carte blanche means giving them total freedom to do something. For example: Mr. Johnson gave us carte blanche to choose the theme for our final paper.</u>
<u>In the passage, we are told "eight soldier-artists were given carte blanche". That means they were free to do whatever they chose to; they were free to use "any style or medium" they wanted.</u>
<span>A scrim is thin backdrop curtain. In general term, a scrim is an object that used for covering something. Therefore, a thin backdrop curtain is an appropriate choice for this term because thin backdrop curtain act as an object used for covering the theater stage in a scene transition process so the audience can enjoy a real experience of a show. A scrim is also a term for a cloth used by a magician for covering something to reveal in a magic trick process to distract the spectator.</span>
