Ihave bent over backwards trying prevent my other half sauntering around in the buff. what does this idiomatic phrase actually mean? 1. i have been practicing lots of yoga trying to stop my back from getting too stiff. 2. i have been stretching my mind to see if my cat could danch around in the garden. 3. i have tried everything i can to stop my partner from walking around naked. 4. i have tried to stop smoking in my house miny times because it is very smelly.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

What is the main problem that kyle faces at beginning of the story

[1] on her way home from practice, rebekka found a gold man’s watch. [2] she wasn’t sure what to do. [3] there was no name engraved on the back. [4] looking at the gold links on the band, the watch seemed to rebekka to be expensive. [5] she felt badly that someone had lost such a nice watch. what is the best revision of the troublesome modifier in sentence 5?