Select the part or parts of the dictionary entry that explain the pronunciation of the word overwhelm. overwhelm \ˌō-vər-ˈhwelm, -ˈwelm\ v. 1. to overcome in feeling; 2. to defeat by overpowering; 3. to cover or bury beneath a mass of something; 4. to give an excessive amount of anything; 5. to overthrow. –overwhelming adj. 1300–1350; Middle English from over + whelmen to turn over, cover up

“what i heard was abominable,” said utterson. “it can make no change. you do not understand my position,” returned the doctor, with a certain incoherency of manner. “i am painfully situated, utterson; my position is a very strange—a very strange one. it is one of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking.” –the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, robert louis stevenson write two to three sentences explaining how this passage creates suspense.