Insert two dashes where needed. When cross-country skiers legs aching and lungs burning cross the finish line of a race,
they often collapse like rag dolls.

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

Read the excerpt from act ii, scene iii of romeo and juliet. romeo: i warrant thee my man’s as true as steel. the simile in the excerpt means that romeo’s man a, has a sharp wit. b. is a loyal servant. c. has a hard personality. d. makes pointed comments.

From the following responses, select the statement that is grammatically incorrect. a. i forgot my umbrella today and became sopping wet on my way to work. b. because i forgot my umbrella today, i became sopping wet on my way to work. c. today i forgot my umbrella, on my way to work i became sopping wet. d. having forgotten my umbrella today, i became sopping wet on my way to work. e. i forgot my umbrella today; hence, on my way to work i became sopping wet.