From an old niche [recess] we have made a cupboard; and dan old cupboard in the wall with stones and rubbish we have cleaned; we have stopped the holes in the wall, pulled out old nails, put in new boards and painted it.

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which identifies the contact clue that is most in determining the meaning of the word niche

a) old cupboard in the wall
b) stopped the holes
c) [ recess]
d painted it

The contact clue that is most helpful in determining the meaning of the word NICHE is [recess].

Explanation:

The word recess can have different meaning depending on the context, in this sentence the word recess uses the meaning of hole or cavity, the meaning can be deduced also for the preposition "in" when they mention the old cupboard "in" the wall, which means it was inside it like a cavity not "on" it as a piece of furniture.

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.

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