After the debacle in Russia I left the country, for it was imprudent for an officer of the Czar to stay there. What is the meaning of the word debacle in this sentence?

Which of the following is not one of the part of speech

Read the text of the barack obama speech “remarks by the president at the 50th anniversary of the selma to montgomery marches.” which options best explain obama’s rhetorical purpose in the speech? (select all that apply.) `to celebrate an important milestone in the history of civil rights `to explain to his audience why they should welcome immigrants into america `to inspire and motivate his audience to exercise their right to vote `to inform and educate his audience about the history of social injustice in america

Which the number is main idea? i need . (1) aside from its enormous population—an estimated 280 million—the lowly cockroach has some amazing characteristics. (2) in the first place, the bug is fast. (3) even the smallest roach can run up to three miles an hour. (4) what’s more, cockroaches can change course as often as twenty-five times in a second, making them the most nimble animals known. (5) roaches are tough to catch. (6) with sense organs located front and back, they can start to flee from predators within 0.054 seconds of detecting potential danger. (7) second, they are ideally adapted to living with people. (8) they eat almost anything and are comfortable anywhere as long as the temperature is above freezing. (9) most species can fit through a crevice no wider than the thickness of a quarter, so any building gives them endless places to rest and breed. (10) and they’re perfect travelers, hitching a ride in pant cuffs or grocery bags. (11) finally, the cockroach has an astonishing capacity for survival. (12) it can hold its breath for nearly forty minutes under water. (13) because its brain is spread throughout its body, the roach can survive for several weeks if its head is removed carefully enough to prevent it from bleeding to death. (14) and because roaches sample food before it enters their mouth, they have learned to avoid foul-tasting poisons. (15) this makes them hard to kill with insecticides.