D. He realized he was being punished by God for his disregard for his father's advice.
So you're looking for 2 synonyms. B is the best answer, avert and prevent are synonyms of each other. The other choices are antonyms, or they're at least not synonyms.
The correct answer is b.
Hardly, as an adverb means "just", hardly, in this context is acting as a limiting modifier of the word ever. <em>Hardly ever</em> means very occasionally. We may use words like it to emphasize how infrequently an action takes place. You should note also that there could be other ways to give quite the same meaning, like when you use <em>rarely</em> or <em>seldom</em>, but, hardly ever has also a <u>negative</u> connotation.
Answer:
It means that nobody lives long enough to make every mistake so when someone makes a mistake learn from it so you wont make the same one.
Explanation:
Its kinda self explanatory
