If you were unfamiliar with the word “dejected,” in line 135, how might you repair your comprehension by checking context clues

Read the excerpt from heart of a samurai. the water was so clear, he could see straight to the bottom. a snail was making a path like a shiny ribbon slowly unfurling on the sand. what does the author use the most precise words to describe in the excerpt? the water’s movement the water the snail the snail’s path

What is the function of an economic system?

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