"bother the dinner! " cried my uncle. but as i was hungry, i sallied forth to the dining room, where i took up my usual quarters. jules verne. a journey to the centre of the earth (kindle location 124).using context clues, what is the best meaning of sallied? a. a sudden charge away from the enemyb. skippedc. disappearedd. slinked towards

D. Slinked Towards

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At first, I thought it was A) A sudden charge away from the enemy. But that's the definition you get from the dictionary, it's asking your answer based on the CONTEXT CLUES. The clues given in the context. If your uncle told you not to eat dinner and you were hungry you wouldn't immediately rush to it would you? You would sneak to it. Insert yourself in the situation and see what best makes sense. Also I just put this answer and got a 100

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.  

answer: from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people

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