The author MOST LIKELY italicizes the word minestrare in the second paragraph because it A)
is very common.
B)
has no definition.
is not an English word.
D)
has no relation to the passage.

Aman lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. in the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment.