I feel like It is B, but not to sure to be honest... sorry
You should probably write this one yourself. It says about a story that you have read, and I don't know what stories you have read.
Answer:
A. Long, long ago there lived an old man and his wife who supported themselves by cultivating a small plot of land. (Yei Theodora Ozaki, “The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower”)
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E. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts. (Frank R. Stockton, “The Lady, or the Tiger”)
Explanation:
Answer:
idiom.
Explanation:
The phrase to smell a rat is an idiom that dates back to the 1500s. To smell a rat means to become suspicious that something in a given situation is not quite right, to believe that someone is attempting to trick you or that the circumstances are not quite right.
Answer:
quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.
"he had to pacify angry spectators"
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