question_answer 17)

Notice the following expressions. The highlighted words are not used in a literal sense. Explain what they mean. 1. Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground. 2. Sophie felt a tightening in her throat. 3. If he keeps his head on his shoulders. 4. On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to the United. 5. She saw… him ghost past the lumbering defenders. 

Answer:

Notice the following expressions. The highlighted words are not used in a literal sense. Explain what they mean. 1. Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground—it was difficult to get him to talk/to get    information out of him. 2. Sophie felt a tightening in her throat—tension/anxiety. 3. If he keeps his head on his shoulders—thinks intelligently. 4. On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to the United—they went to the United dutifully,              without fail and with a lot, of devotion as one would go to a place of worship. 5. She saw... him ghost past the lumbering defenders—she viewed a faint image of him as he flashed     past the awkward/clumsy defenders.