Read the sentences from the passage. Meryl banged on the door, and before Kinsley could grant her permission or bar her from entering, she was breaking in
and flopping onto her bed.
"Are you still staring at yourself? You know, Narcissus died and turned into a flower doing that," Meryl sald. "It's really not
good to be so in love with yourself," she offered, flipping through Kinsley's teen magazine.
If only I did love myself, Kinsley thought, pulling on a pink-and-white checked hat, breaking in the floppy brim until she
could make it cover her protruding ears.
What does the phrase "breaking in" mean as it is used in the passage?
OA. In the first instance, it means "to make something come apart," and in the second instance, it means "to
stop doing something."
B. In the first instance, it means "to stop doing something," and in the second instance, it means "to make
something come apart."
OC. In the first instance, it means "to make softer through use," and in the second instance, it means "to enter
without permission."
OD In the first instance, It means "to enter without permission," and in the second instance, it means "to make
softer through use."