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"was laughed at and made out fun on account of his look and the sound of his voice.
D) presses down upon.
You would look up the meaning for “descended”.
The answer is B, as it helps not only to keep the reader's attention but to also inform or persuade them more to a topic. In addition, it is also sometimes used to help convey a specific emotion, thus helping the reader get more into the text.
Do you mean why didn’t Bilbo or Thorin kill Smaug?
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Answer : <em>B) A Bishop wrote me the other day: "It seems to me that something greatly needs to be said in behalf of ordinary humanity against the present practice of carrying horrors of war to helpless civilians"</em>
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