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The logical answer would be footstep, but since that's not it, the only other thing I could think of would be breath.
And second part of question. No Lennie was not trying to hurt her he just wanted to touch her dress.
The correct answer is Letter D: It's often more varied and bigger than in shorter writings.
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Transitive verb. : to put into text : set down as concrete and unchanging the novel textualizes complex emotions.