Six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death.

And this new grief we bore with us to sea:

our precious lives we had, but not our friends.

–The Odyssey,

Homer

Which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage?

A.) Six men from every ship were killed, leaving six empty benches.

B.) We escaped with our lives, but many of our friends did not, which made us very sad.

C.) There was no point grieving for our lost friends, so we pulled away from shore.

D.) We had the additional burden of our grief when we sailed away.

B.) We escaped with our lives, but many of our friends did not, which made us very sad.

-:- C.) There was no point grieving for our lost friends, so we pulled away from shore.

#1  sara was always tasked with selecting birthday presents for her friends and family because everyone admired her  impeccable taste. 

impeccable (adj): perfect, flawless

#2  they moved to the united states many years ago, but their  insular  attitudes made it difficult for them to socialize. 

insular (adj): isolated; separate

#3  the professor explained the  semantic  relationship between the two nouns used in the sentence. 

semantic (adj): related to words or the meanings of words 

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