<span>As the door slowly creaked open, Jessie peered carefully into the vast darkness, holding her breath.
The "slowness" of the creaking door and the "vast darkness" add a weight to the sentence unlike the others. </span>
The pharse "HIC IACET ARTHURUS, REX QUONDAM REXQUE FUTURUS" from <u>"</u><u><em>The once and future king by T.H White" </em></u> <u>means: "Here lies Arthur, king once, king to be".</u>
It was a tomb inscription which promised that even Author was dead, he was going to return one day.
Definition<span> of </span>root<span> for Students. 1 : the leafless underground part of a plant that absorbs water and minerals, stores food, and holds the plant in place. ... 7 : a word or part of a word from which other words are obtained by adding a prefix or suffix <The word “hold” is the </span>root<span> of “holder.”>
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The answer is B. "Britain should establish as many African colonies as possible"
