Answer:
C) the "Old Ironsides"
Explanation:
The correct answer is the "Old Ironsides". The reference here is to the ship that is now being retired and taken out of service.
“Let’s go to my house.”
“Your house?”
“Yeah. You can meet my mom.”
“What about your dad?”
“Oh, he has to work late tonight. Sorry.”
“Don’t apologize, it’s fine! I’m sure I’ll meet him another time. Oh, don’t do your nervous thing! There will be plenty of opportunities for me to meet him later.”
“My ‘nervous thing’?”
“You know. Where you pinch your eyebrows together tilt your head over your shoulder.”
“Well, you’re a perceptive one...”
“Come on, don’t look at me like that! I notice things about a lot of different people.”
“Alright, Detective Beautiful, we should probably start heading to my house now. It’s not far, just about a ten-minute walk.”
“Hey, is that your dad in that picture on the mantle? The one in the navy frame?”
“Yeah, from when he was on a business trip in Seattle. You’re from there, right?”
“Uh, yeah, but the thing is...”
“What is it? Are you alright?”
“Uh, yeah, yeah, I’m fine, but the thing is...the thing is that I have...have the same picture, the same frame...at my house. On my mantle. Actually, I...I took the picture.”
Answer:
Scrooge in dickens' A Christmas Carol i miserly an greedy
Explanation:
He is so cheap that he won't allow his clerk to put another coal on the fire even though the room is freezing.It is Christmastime and several men visit Scrogs's office to collect money to buy food for a feast for the poor. Scrooge angrily refuses and throws the men out of his office.
Answer:
When it is said that a person's upbringing is determined by nature, it means that the upbringing or training of a person/child is pre-determined by his genes and natural inclinations.
Ocassionally, nurture plays a huge part too in a person's upbringing as it is as important as nature if not more important.
This is because, if a child inherits quick temper from his parents, he is always at risk of easily losing his temper on someone or something. However, nurture can also help curtail that if there is an enabling environment where it is not allowed to thrive.
Answer:
it gives a hint to the reader that something is significant
Explanation:
