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Alliteration = B; The repetition of beginning sounds in two or more neighboring words.
Idiom = C; An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole.
Meiosis = A; A statement that downplays or understates the importance of something.
Answer:
1. I cannot remember well, but I am sure I <em>have been</em> here for more than ten years.
The past participle of be is been.
2. Sitara was only three months old when her parents <em>relocated</em> to New York.
The past participle of relocate is relocated.
3. By the time they decided to return to India, she <em>became</em> old enough to make her own decisions.
The past tense of become is became.
Answer:
(2) Bustling.
Explanation:
Colm Toibin's novel "Brooklyn" is about the story of a young woman stuck in between her life in Brooklyn and her hometown in Ireland. The protagonist Eilis Lacey had been married secretly to Tony where she has a job in Brooklyn. But when she had to go to Ireland for the funeral of her sister Rose, she was led to stay longer and even had a brief relationship with a man named Jim. But when her secret marriage was on the verge of being revealed, she decided to tell her mother about Tony, left a letter for Jim and went back to Brooklyn.
The statement that is mentioned in the question<em> "And we are worked off our feet"</em> is from the part where Miss Kelly had called on Eilis to offer her a job in her shop as a bookkeeper. By this implication, Miss Kelly meant that her shop is busy and that they have a lot of customer.
