The answer is C. advantage. The meaning of straits is crisis or emergency, so the antonym would be advantage.
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a rumor
Explanation:
started off as a rumor and became a story for the folks
It is an instruction in a play, like if it says "Juliet exits the stage", then you would walk off stage.
I believe that the correct answer is <span>a desire to retreat from society when necessary.
Thoreau greatly valued nature as the ultimate source of peace and happiness. He believed that humans cannot truly be happy in cities, surrounded by concrete and malice, but should rather escape to nature and lead fulfilled lives instead.
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