A: Quotation marks signal the reader that the information is a direct quotation.
1.=to take control of someone
2.= to separate an idea or statement into smaller parts in order to make it easier to understand
4. =done with great effort and difficulty
A hyphen...................not sure if is this the particular answer you are looking for though
It's B dude. A. isn't right and b just seems the most reasonable.
<span>Peter:How do you "half expect" something?
Lois:I don't know, it's just a turn of phrase.
Peter:How do you turn a phrase?</span>