Which of the following words in the following sentence can be eliminated without changing the meaning?

the construction project downtown will be finished in approximately one year from now.
a. from now
b. approximately
c. construction project
d. downtown

When they reached the door of the lonely house and stopped to unlock it, and the cat came to purr loudly, and rub against them, a deserted p***y, indeed, but fat with young robins, sylvia whispered that this was a beautiful place to live in, and she never should wish to go home. the description of the house in this excerpt gives an example of