Select the correct answer. Read the sentence from Thomas Jefferson's speech.
In the transaction of your foreign affairs, we have endeavored to cultivate the friendship of all nations, and especially of those with which we
have the most important relations.
Which word is similar in meaning to how the word endeavored is used in the sentence?
OA. hoped
OB. attempted
OC. avoided
OD. believed

"though i had a million things to do, i stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, i eventually got up and did the immediate necessities, and then put everything that i possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write—something i hadn't done in so long that i wondered why i was bothering." which of the following most effectively condenses the underlined sentences by using deletion and substitution? a. she got out of bed reluctantly and did her immediate necessities. b. even though she had a million things to do, she finally got out of bed unwillingly and did her immediate necessities. c. though she had a million things to do, she stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, she eventually got up and did the immediate necessities. d. she got out of bed anyway.