How does the phrase mellowing shade help to develop this idea? A . It suggests that waiting is not always a bad thing.
B . It shows what can happen when you reach your goal.
C . It suggests that one should not wait too long before acting.
D . It shows the dangers of having too much fun before achieving your dreams.

Read the following claim. people likely will continue making new year's resolutions despite often being unable to follow through on them. which selection from the article provides the best support for this statement?

Ineed advice. i have a lot of friends at school but recently my best friend for some reason didn’t like our friend group. she wanted to switch to a new table during lunch. she said she found a new table where we would be welcomed if i wanted to come. i agreed because i knew i would continue to talk to them outside of lunch. after a month or two, my best friend got mad at our new lunch table group. so she left for a day or two, but i stayed because i actually kinda liked it there, even if it was kinda crazy. then she came back to the table. eventually i started to miss my old friends at my old lunch table. so i went over there for one lunch. then after lunch i sat at my new lunch spot before the bell rang. they all called me a traitor. so now i sit with my old lunch group, which is fine because i missed them, but i also miss my new, now old, lunch table. what should i do? p. s. sorry if you loose your last brain cells trying to understand this.

This passage contains repeated allusions to all the following except. a. sailing b. suitors c. hunting d. dreams