Because he is telling you what he himself is actually seeing
I think that the options you have are gloom, temptation, forgiveness and suspicion. The option that you are looking for is gloom which is more inclined to a depressed environment with those words.
Answer:
Meaning of laconic
It's the style of talking, people who answer in the few brief words. So, in this passage it shows that wife doesn't talk generally, but briefly, since it also says "occasionally correcting him on his lefts and rights", so she didn't really give the directions she just corrected his husband.
Explanation:
Answer: Or
Explanation:
A Virgule is a slash or stroke (/) and the two vurgules in the above excerpt are used as substitutes for the word 'or' to establish that either of the words or phrases are fine to use.
For instance, "my flash on the newsprint" or "my flash on the face".
Another instance, "she could have been Obachan back then" or "she could have been Obachanor just after the camps".