To interpret an idiom, a reader must
study the play on words.
study individual words.
study the words as a whole.
study traits that the words reveal.

We see steve stand shakily and head back to the defense table. he looks out onto the onlookers and sees his parents. his mother forces a smile and his father makes a fist and nods emphatically. we see steve sit down, start to pick up a glass of water, and have to put it down because his hand is shaking so badly. what can be determined from steve's actions? he loves his parents dearly. he feels very worried. he is not very thirsty. he did not tell the truth.

Can someone me translate this latin? marcus delphos, qui est in graecia, iter est facturus. est iter difficile, sed in delphis sunt multa nova videre. verba apollinis audire cupit. delphi est locus qui apollini sacer est. pupulia fidei ex omnibus partibus terrae delphos, domus dei. veniunt et auxilium petunt. sacerdos marco responsa verbis donabit. etiam, in delphis, templa, thesauros, et fontem sacrum apollini muisique visurus est. tum, omnibus visis, marcus discedet et si responsum erit verum videre exspectabit.

What is a verb infinitive and what does is mean to conjugate a verb?