The Answer is C.
This is why. The word 'literal' can be defined simply as "face value". For example if some one says I literally haven't slept all night. You would see that this means they have not slept at all.
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The main idea of a text is the main subject that the text addresses, the subject on which all the arguments presented are based. You will be able to understand this idea by reading the full text and identifying what the text is about. In this case, the key sentence of the text is the sentence that presents this subject in the most direct way possible. Generally, the main idea and the key sentence of the text are presented in the first paragraphs.
To develop the main idea, the text presents details, which are sentences that support this idea, showing how it is relevant and why it is true. These details are present throughout the text.
Pollution interferes with the functioning of body systems, allowing malefic substances to come into contact with the body and be absorbed, acting in the body in a harmful way, fighting health.
The meaning of the word 'ambling' as used in the passage is to WALK OR STROLL.
In the passage, the author is saying that, he finds it distasteful to strut before a small child who is walking or strolling in a relaxed manner.
The meaning of the word 'curtailed' as used in the passage is to BE DEPRIVED OF SOMETHING.
The author is saying in this line, that he is deprived of beauty.
<span>Abigail Adams in her letter to John Adams, described the conditions of Boston after the British withdraw from the city by mentioning that 'm</span><span>any buildings have been burned to the ground and will have to be rebuilt.' This has been a result of the continuous firing of cannons the city experienced which also kept the citizens awake. </span>