His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if
wanting to knock gregor back into his room. then he
looked uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes
with his hands and wept so that his powerful chest shook.
- david wyllie, trans., the metamorphosis
which word could replace the underlined word without changing the overall
meaning of the sentence?
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a. angry
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b. unconcerned
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c. uninterested
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d. kindly
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the scene now shifts back to the shelby plantation in kentucky, where aunt chloe has just received the letter tom wrote her with little eva's . mrs. shelby tells her husband about the letter, in which tom says that although his new family is kind, he still longs to return to his "real home."
mr. shelby, in the meantime, has still been plagued by debt. mrs. shelby offers to raise money, especially so that they can buy tom. mr. shelby becomes angry, and his wife lets the unlikely hope drop for the present. chloe then calls for mrs. shelby and asks if she could be hired out as a pastry cook in louisville in order to earn money for tom. mrs. shelby gives chloe her blessing.
wanting to knock gregor back into his...