Which statement best reflects the connotations of the words nosy and curious in the context of this sentence? jack thought his sister emma was being nosy when she asked what he was building, but she was just curious because he’d been spending so much time in his workshop. nosy suggests that emma is being purposely annoying; curious suggests she wants to jack. nosy suggests that emma is feigning interest in what jack is doing; curious suggests that someone has asked her to find out. nosy implies that emma has ulterior motives for asking about jack’s project; curious implies that she is genuinely interested. nosy implies that emma is hungry for information; curious suggests she’s only mildly interested. edit: the answer was "nosy implies that emma has ulterior motives for asking about jack’s project; curious implies that she is genuinely interested." good luck to anyone taking the test

If anyone still wants to know what the answer is it should be : "Nosy implies that Emma has ulterior motives for asking about Jack’s project; curious implies that she is genuinely interested."

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

the correct answer is:   [d]:

              →       " fond of fighting " .

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