Answer:
Referring to the dictionary defenition of a word
Explanation:
This is because the author is using the word in a literal meaning and not in an expressional meaning like a poet does.
Example. The Main Character cannot break through the wall, Its pretty tough.
This is literal. The word " tough " is being used in its dictionary meaning since it means Hard.
Meanwhile a poet might use this as an expression of something else like
" He was heartbroken, the woman he loved had shattered his soul and it was a tough experience for him "
Tough is used as an emotional feeling of being broken down instead of its dictionary counterpart.
Hope it helped, sorry if Im wrong.
Your answer is C.
This is why:
So, Mathilde is very disappointed with how poor she and her husband are. We can tell by how she lusts and longs for the things she cannot afford. She longs to have these nice things, but cannot have them. She longs to be rich, but she is just simply not.
Hope this helps :)
Change the phrase "shooting the breeze" because it is too informal and cannot be understood literally.
