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xz_007
8 days ago
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Read the following excerpts from Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. Match the words in bold to their meanings. Gregor answered to

both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I beg of you." … This amazed him, as more than a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the newspaper.. … Had he really wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. … It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front room being carefully shut had woken him. enunciating compellingly unimpeded coma-like
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ddd [7.4K]8 days ago
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Answer:

not blocked or hindered

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with substantial force

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articulating words or phrases very distinctly

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nearly in an unconscious state

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Explanation:

Leya [7.7K]8 days ago
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Greetings!

I think you might have highlighted the terms, yet since I have already worked through this, I will do my best to assist you.

Here are the four words: 1. unimpeded 2. compellingly 3. enunciating & 4. coma-like.

Their meanings are as follows:

unimpeded: not blocked or hindered

compellingly: with substantial force

enunciating: articulating words or phrases very distinctly

coma-like: nearly in an unconscious state

Hope this is helpful!


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