Complete the sentence with the diction most appropriate for the mood of the sentence. The soccer players appeared ( Blank ) as their opponents beat them to nearly every ball.

Options
• Sluggish
• Reluctant
• Uninterested

Which of these sentences is the correct one?

What is implied in this sentence from mark twain's "the £1,000,000 bank-note"? i was puzzled, and wanted to discuss the matter a little further, but they didn't; so i took my leave, feeling hurt and insulted to be made the butt of what was apparently some kind of a practical joke, and yet obliged to put up with it, not being in circumstances to resent affronts from rich and strong folk.

What is the narrators main conflict in this passage