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It was just at the time of the terrible earthquake at Avezzano, the repercussions of which we felt even at Chateau d'Oex.Source: An AutobiographyIn this sentence, repercussions means:movements back from an impactstrong flames that burn brightlyviolently moving streams of waterfinancial or economic penalties›Note: 1 word in this list is not learnable.Round 4:78910Currently PlayingPractice: Shigene's List 2 Return to List Start Over

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It was just at the time of the terrible earthquake at Avezzano, the repercussions of which we felt even at Chateau d'Oex.Source: An AutobiographyIn this sentence, repercussions means:movements back from an impactstrong flames that burn brightlyviolently moving streams of waterfinancial or economic penalties›Note: 1 word in this list is not learnable.Round 4:78910Currently PlayingPractice: Shigene's List 2 Return to List Start Over

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In the given sentence, "repercussions" means "movements back from an impact".

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The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled -- but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.2Select the correct answer.Which plot technique is used in this excerpt from “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe? A. simile B. symbolism C. flashback D. foreshadowing

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