<span>As the door slowly creaked open, Jessie peered carefully into the vast darkness, holding her breath.
The "slowness" of the creaking door and the "vast darkness" add a weight to the sentence unlike the others. </span>
Answer:
A. just because they're damaged doesn't mean that the inventory is shrinking.
(for the record I chose the best fit if there was a "none of the above" answer I would have chosen that)
Explanation:
The sentence above with the use of the correct word becomes:
<span>Mr. Winston (B.) brought up the subject during the meeting; even though it made everybody uncomfortable to talk about it.
To bring up a topic means to make it open for discussion.
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