What is the context for the question?
Transverse is to stretch across something
The dictionary definition is
situated or extending across something."a transverse beam supports the dashboard"<span>synonyms:<span>crosswise, crossways, cross, horizontal, diagonal, oblique, slanted</span></span>
OSHA is A Maritime Company so things that have to do with Water :) Hope This Helps
He is saying to not judge a person before knowing them properly. To understand the perpectives of people that face things like discrimination and not to have bad opinions on them.
Paragraph 1, since it says "I can't believe this storm" and "we're stuck on the couch!" Which indicates that setting that the whole story is in, not including where they actually go.
