I think it is independent
The tablecloths were all black and drooped gloomily over the edges of the tables. The streamers looked more like cobwebs than party decorations. It looked more like a funeral than a birthday party.
Answer:
if you want ... to succeed .. in your profession,you ...must work... hard.
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They are synonyms because triumph means a great victory.
Answer: “For I say in sooth, thou son of Ecglaf,, , never had Grendel these grim deeds wrought,, , monster dire, on thy master dear,, , in Heorot such havoc, if heart of thine, , were as battle-bold as thy boast is loud!”
Explanation: He is basically saying that Unferth boasts about his strength but doesn't actually have the skills to match it and that he's exaggerating.