(of a person) able to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately.
Answer:
B: quote in a newspaper
Explanation:
An ellipsis is a series of three quotes which shows that parts of a speech or text was intentionally omitted by the writer. When quoting a person in a newspaper article, it is possible that the person said a lot of things but for the purpose of brevity and striking the main point, ellipsis can be used to omit unnecessary words.
Example:
"A genuine leader is... a molder of consensus".
Martin Luther King
The full quote is :
"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."
The answer is, or should be, B. An 'adjective phrase' (or adjectival phrase) is a phrasewhose head word is an adjective, e.g. fond of steak, very happy, quite upset about it, etc.
