Read this excerpt from The First Men in the Moon "Perhaps he was shouting-but the sound did not reach me But how the deuce had be done mistet like a man who has just seen a new conjuring trick." What is the meaning of the bold word conjuring as it is used above C To call or еntrеаt To bring to mind To summon a spirit To perform magic​

To perform magic​

Explanation:

The phrase is: 'Perhaps he was shouting - but the sound did not reach me. But how the deuce had he done this? I felt like a man who has just seen a new conjuring trick.'

In this context, the word conjuring refers to performing some kind of magic trick, because the speaker uses it as a metaphor of something unexplainable at first sight. It doesn´t refer to the action of calling someone, nor bringing something to mind. Although the word 'conjuring might usually be used to refer to the summons of a spirit, in this sentence that wouldn´t make sense.  

I agree

Explanation:

1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.