Doug was carrying two drinks before laura arrived at the party. while he was walking, he didn't see that laura was walking toward his direction. he tripped over his shoes, which were untied, and spilled both drinks all over laura's new shirt. she was surprised and speechless.

what tense are the words that are in bold?
a.
past imperfect tense
b.
past progressive
c.
simple past tense
d.
past perfect tense

bro we need more information. how are we supposed to answer this?

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.

the manager emerges. taking marlow aside, he says they have done all they can for kurtz. he adds that kurtz did more harm than good for the company. his actions were too "vigorous" for the moment. the manager says that kurtz was unethically gathering ivory by exploiting the locals. this, of course, is rather ironic coming from a guy who makes his living by exploiting the locals in the worst ways.

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