On the lines below, state the technical meaning of the word phrasing. Then explain how the context helped you figure it out.

Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich felt his family and friends didn’t understand him and neglected him?

What is the narrators main conflict in this passage