Explanation:
to pick someone's brains. phrase. If you pick someone's brains, you ask them to help you with a problem because they know more about the subject than you.
Answer 3, the basketball team’s need of new uniforms and their desire for sponsorship
I think it might be because or due to, because its talking about how here spirts lift as she enters so it would be something like 'because of....'
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This is an example of irony:
Nothing is perfect. This was one of Mrs. Hopewell's favorite sayings. Another was: that is life! And still another, the most important, was: well, other people have their opinions too.
From the excerpt above, we see Mrs. Hopewell adding the name to the girl eventhough the girl feel that it's intrusive and she feel that she got to has a say about it. But despite that, Hopewell's favourite saying is other people have their opinions too.