Americans should feel hopeful about the future.
Marley was thrilled.
The description of Marley before this shows him leaping, spinning, running and pouncing. All of these are very energetic actions that show he is not just slightly happy. The speaker is using an understatement "Marley was a little excited" to emphasis how actually thrilled Marley was to play ball.
They imply that Myra is uncomfortably hot.
In the passage, the setting is described as noon on a sunny day in August. From this description we can infer that it is hot out. When Myra says, "This sun is cooking me," we can infer that she is in the hot sun and can feel the heat as though she is being cooked. She does not indicate that she is in pain or that she is unhappy. It simply means that she is hot.
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The root word that we are able to extract from the given sentence is protracted.
The word means lasting for sometime longer than the original or originally set plan. In the context of the given item, the meaning of protracted conversation would be long and involved. Thus, the answer to this item is the 1st choice.
Chaucer describes different characters focusing on the positives and negatives of the people in an entertaining way. The different states included in the tales are England's clergy, the nobility and merchants.
It shows bad examples like the abuses of the clergy with the reference of the nun and the way she dresses.
A good example could be the Plowman's case. A worker that according to the author lives in pace and is a man of God. He respects the Lord and likes charity helping the poor.