Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention". But Laura's inventing days were over just as Yoyo's were starting up with her school-wide success. Rather than the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers, Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention. It was as if, after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad and said, "Okay, Cuquita, here's the buck. You give it a shot."
Which context clue provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom in this excerpt?
A. but Laura’s invents days were over
B. the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers
C. Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention
D. after that her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad
Answer:
D. After that, her mother had passed on to yoyo her pencil and pad.
Explanation:
The context clue that provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom in this excerpt is option D <u>"After that, her mother had passed on to yoyo her pencil and pad."</u>
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Juliet said:Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name When I, thy three-hours wife, have mangled it? But wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin? That villain cousin would have killed my husband.
Answer:
Aeolus is refusing Odysseus's request for assistance.
Explanation:
The Odyssey is Homer's one of two epic poems, the other being Iliad.
In Book 10 named Circe, Odysseus and his crew during their adventurous journey had to stay with Aeolus (A king), who had power to control and command winds. He assisted Odysseus with a bag of wind containing all winds but west wind. Once when Odysseus was sleeping his men opened the bag considering it filled with some treasure. As a result a storm from the released winds hit upon their ship and took them back to Aeolus. Odysseus ask again for assistance, but Aeolus refused to help them because they had drawn the ire of the gods, saying;
<em>"It's a crime to host a man or speed him on his way
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<em>when the blessed deathless gods despise him so."</em>
Answer:
the act of abolishing uneauivocal recantation
Answer:
An outsider is someone who doesn't belong to a certain place
Explanation:
