Inearly flipped the bird at the man who drove me up the wall trying to sell me a lemon. what does this idiomatic phrase actually mean? 1. i nearly threw all the money at the man who took me for a drive trying to sell me a boat 2. i nearly spat at the man who took me home the long way trying to sell me some fruit 3. i nearly swore at the man who made me annoyed by trying to sell me a duff vehicle 4. i nearly blew a kiss at the man who drove really fast trying to sell me a basket of lemons

Read the passage adapted from aesop’s fables. what is the theme of the story?

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

During the industrial age, what was one important way businesses told consumers about new products? through phonographs through telephones through telegraphs through catalogues