Before I lost my well-paid position, we were living high on the hog
a) in a luxurious style
b) in a wasteful manner
c) having messy or untidy habits
d) having a pretentious or snobby attitude
______
a
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Combine each set of sentences with a coordinating conjunction, a subordinating
conjunction, a conjunctive adverb, or a participial phrase. Mary and Grace both live an hour away from campus. They decided to carpool to school together. They should save quite a bit of money on gas. What will be an ideal response?
Read the general sentence given and then choose the letters of the three sentences that best explain or support that statement.
General Sentence: William Weatherford, because of his blood line and Creek tradition, had the potential to be the most powerful man in the Creek Nation. Specific Sentences: a. Like his maternal uncle Alexander McGillivray, Weatherford was part white and part Indian, giving him credibility when dealing with the Creek people. b. The end of the eighteenth century brought increasing dependence of the Creeks upon the European people. c. Among the Creeks, family roots were traced back only through the mother’s line, making Weatherford fully Creek in the tribe’s eyes. d. The Creek tradition also marked him to inherit McGillivray’s position as the dominant chief in the confederacy. e. The Creeks became a violent people when trying to defend themselves against invaders. f. Weatherford was distrustful of Tecumseh, another powerful Native American Leader.
We opened all the __________the room still seemed too dark
a. curtains, so b. curtains, or c. curtains, but