Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "no," the small woman said to her husband, "it's not just an egg. look at that shrew, she can kill me if i come near her." then she turned to the tall woman. "zhu wenli, you're a cadre and have drunk a lot of ink. i'm just a housewife and don't read books. i don't care if we scratch each other's faces." "if you dare to touch me, i'll break your skull with this," the stalwart woman said, sucking her teeth, and raised the rolling pin. she spat to the ground. i looked closely. she was indeed my teacher zhu wenli, but her thick body and fleshy face belied the young person i had known. following this excerpt from ha jin's story "a decade," how does the narrator feel about seeing her old teacher ten years later?

the antonym of esurient is abstemious.

answer: b

explanation:

i decided to stay late in the laboratory to continue my experiment with the lightbulb. at midnight, thomas edison opened the door and walked in with his head held high.

1. he leaned on the wall and observed me carefully.

2. his harsh scrutiny made me self-conscious of my skills in the lab.

3. perhaps it was just me, but the air in the laboratory began to thicken as i found myself having difficulty to breathe.

4. i turned to look at him fully as i mentally prepared myself for what my very first words would be to thomas edison.

5. the next couple of seconds shocked me. it wasn't me who spoke, but rather him and with diction i could never think of using in a simple sentence.

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hey, sorry if this was bad, i really didn't know what to write but i wanted to you. is there anything that you had to include within the excerpt?