The story "games at twilight" by anita desai is set in india on a hot summer day. children are forced to stay indoors but are eager to go out. which words in the excerpt suggest this sense of suffocation?
it was still too hot to play outdoors. they had had their tea, they had been washed and had their hair (brushed), and after the long day of (confinement) in the house that was not cool but at least a (protection) from the sun, the children (strained) to get out. their faces were red and bloated with the effort, but their mother would not open the door, everything was still curtained and shuttered in a way that (stifled) the children, made them feel that their lungs were stuffed with cotton wool and their noses with dust and if they didn’t burst out into the light and see the sun and feel the air, they would (choke)

B- confinement. This word means to be forced to be indoors. "...after the long day of confinement in the house ..."

D. strained: To make  an effort to do something using all your mental and physical strenght. "...the children strained to get out." If they made such an effort ,it was because it was terribly hot inside the house.

E. stifled: To feel unable to breathe because it is too hot and there is no fresh air."in a way that stifled the children.."

F. Choke: To be unable to breath because you cannot get enough air or because something has blocked the passage of air to your lungs. "if they didn’t burst out into the light and see the sun and feel the air, they would choke."

Explanation:

working in public administration clerical support,what might one of your jobs be?

clerical work generally involves day-to-day office tasks, such as answering phones and entering data into spreadsheets. these tasks may be performed by secretaries, office clerks and administrative assistants. other duties traditionally associated with clerical work include: word processing and typing.

answer is a.returning items from customers that they did not find worth their money or b.collecting money from people with speeding tickets and filing the information

explanation:

b. collecting money from people with speeding tickets and filing the information is the correct answer choice