Don’t know how to understand this
6.
The probability that Alex wins on Mario Kart is 0.3. He plays 4 games in a row. How likely is he?
a) win all matches?
b) lose all matches?
c) win three of the matches?
Crooks teases Lennie about his lack of self-reliance; he tauntingly asks Lennie what he would do if George were injured. Unable to think hypothetically, Lennie thinks that George is actually under threat. With some difficulty, Crooks calms Lennie down and takes on a kindlier demeanor. His sour attitude remains, however, as he tells Lennie that his dreams of owning a farm with rabbits is unlikely to amount to anything tangible.
I checked the phrasal meanings of all these three words. Closely related meaning to the short truth is just THEME.