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This statement essentially means that you should try to improve yourself everyday. Never let yourself down.
The "respectful, undermining" contradictory pair of words best describes how Mr. Brown is characterized. Mr. Brown is the first white missionary in the Umuofia and Mbanta from the "Things Fall Apart" novel written by Chinua Achebe. He respects every people in Umuofia and Mbanta including their leader. However, he always gives a new development to the people besides religion.
Dripped
A verb is a word that expresses an action: (she jumped into the pool - jumped being the verb) or a state of being: (an example being I am happy. Am is the verb here)
The ice cream was doing an action - it was dripping, so dripped is the verb
castaways we are castaways ahoy there ahoy we are castways
