Answer: It is the ninth inning and we are down by three runs.
It's A. Gerald said that he will be ready at 7:30.
You don't need quotation marks because Gerald is not speaking. Someone else is saying that Gerald said he will be ready.
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Subordinate means someone who is of lower rank in a job. So the manager spoke to someone in a lower rank than him in a cordial tone.
One strategy you can use to determine the meanings of unknown words and phrases is to look at the context clues. Context clues might be something like a picture, words or phrases you already know, using what you know about the text already.
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