Which strategy would most improve laurel's statement by making its language more conventional?

(laurel is meeting with the new neighbors to discuss babysitting for her three-year-old daughter.)

laurel: "i always enjoy babysitting for a little boy named grant on the weekend, even though i could be out shooting the breeze with friends."
a) change the phrase "always enjoy" because she probably does not like to babysit grant every time.
b) add the last name of the little boy named grant because it is inappropriate to use only first names.
c) change the phrase "with friends" because it is too vague and informal to use when speaking to adults.
d) change the phrase "shooting the breeze" because it is too informal and cannot be understood literally.

Choice D, "Change the phrase "shooting the breeze" because it is too informal and cannot be understood literally."

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

i think the answer is d)solicitude sorry if the answer is wrong.