Read the excerpt from "The Red-Headed League."

"I have a business in my house at Coburg Square, near the City. It’s not very large, and I really can’t even afford to hire someone to work for me. I do have an assistant, but he is working for half pay because he wants to learn the business.”

The most likely definition of the word afford is

“being able to hire.”
“being able to help.”
“being able to pay.”
“being able to work.”

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Use the dictionary entry for crude to answer the question crude use context clues to choose the sentence that best uses the fourth definition of the word crude. crude ['krüd) adj from latin crudus 1. the quality of being unchanged from the original state 2. the quality of being primitive or uncultured 3. the quality of being obvious 4. the quality of being rough in execution rather than being subtle, selma was rather crude in the way she conducted herself at the meeting. elijah and his brother quickly built a crude shelter that would keep them warm and dry through the night. thelma's knowledge of art and poetry showed the rest of the diners that she was far from crude. there was oil to be found on the property, but it was crude and would need to be processed. mark this and return save and exit next submit

Identifying parts of a chemical equation identify each part of this chemical equation that describes the burning of methane and oxygen. b (blue box): d (number): e (purple box):