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a.
colonial text: "fall upon" versus the modern text: "go after" (both mean to attack)
b.
puritan text: "the lord preserved me in safety" versus the modern text: "the lord protected me
c.
explorer text: "very often indeed they would first give us a song" versus the modern text: "first they would often sing to us

Which statement from chamberlain's speech to parliament did the least to support his cause? a. "no doubt i shall have plenty of critics who will say that i am guilty of facile optimism . ." b. "the house will remember that when i last addressed them i gave them some account of the godesberg memorandum . ." c. "therefore, it was essential that we should quickly reach a conclusion . ." d. "the relief that our escape from this great peril of war has, i think, everywhere been mingled in this country with a profound feeling of sympathy . ."

Hyperbole in the book messenger by lois lowry

Determine the meaning of the word *propel* using the context clues in the sentence. wind power is the ability to capture the wind in a way to *propel* the blades of wind turbines. a) to move slowly b) to urge onward c) to stop from moving d) to drive, or cause to move, forward