What's the significance of the reference to the runner?
What will be an ideal response?
* The runner is alone and working on his/her own.
* Olds writes that, as in the case of the runner, things external to the self are "just factors; like the partner/in the bed."
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Osservate le immagini e poi scrivete sei frasi usando le preposizioni avverbiali. (Take a look at the illustrations, then write six sentences using the adverbial prepositions.)
Consider this scenario: You are taking a psychology class and are reading about different theories of motivation in your textbook. Of the following text patterns what would you expect the author to use in the passage about theories of motivation?
a. Sequence and chronology b. Classification and description c. Problem and solution d. Cause and effect
Émile overhears bits of people’s conversations. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the possessive adjective. Use the subject pronoun in boldface in each sentence to help you determine which possessive adjective to use. Follow the model.
«Vous cherchez _______ chambre? Elle est au deuxième étage.»
Why is the "dead" man hooked up to "life-support" systems?
a. doctors hope to revive him b. his family cannot accept his death c. it would be unethical to remove the "life-support" system d. no one can bear to let the man die e. his body is a container in which organs are stored until they can be harvested