To do it by hand with no equipment
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.
A widely accepted way of thinking or behaving is a convention.
It denotes set of generally accepted standards and norms and a way in which something is usually done. Example for convention is shaking hands when greeting someone. Controversial on the other hand is something causing people to have opposing ways.
Answer: hardy
Explanation: Notice how all the words are kind of similar. Active, spry, and capable all have similar definitions in that all three are synonyms of active. Now, hardy means to survive in difficult conditions. So therefore, it concludes in that hardy is the best definition that makes the most sense.
“The dog curled up in bed”
- The subject is “The dog” since the statement is made about it.
- The predicate is "curled up in bed" since it completes what is said about the subject by using a verb for that purpose.
