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For most of North American history, eating lobster was considered a si [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2022, 11:03
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For most of North American history, eating lobster was considered a sign of (i)__________, but in the mid-1800s wealthy Bostonians developed a taste for the crustacean, earning it a reputation as a (ii)________.


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A. affluence D. rarity
B. penury E. staple
C. salinity F. luxury
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Re: For most of North American history, eating lobster was considered a si [#permalink] New post   27 Jul 2022, 14:40
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The sentence basically says that at the beginning eating lobster was a food for poor. Instead, after, it was a sign of luxury when people discovered the delicious taste

B and F are the correct answers
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Re: For most of North American history, eating lobster was considered a si [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2022, 00:03
Penury is a noun meaning extreme poverty.

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Re: For most of North American history, eating lobster was considered a si [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2022, 01:39
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Penury is a noun meaning extreme poverty.

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Your goal sir is to explain us (or the other students) the meaning and of the sentence and WHY the OAs fit the meaning, and consequently, the blank/s

The meaning of one of the answer choices does not help that much the community.

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Re: For most of North American history, eating lobster was considered a si [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2022, 20:20
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The but after the first blank indicates that the two parts of the sentence convey contradictory ideas.

If wealthy Bostonians developed a taste for the crustacean, then it has earned a reputation as a luxury food item.

Therefore, for most North American history (before the mid-1800s), eating a lobster was considered a sign of penury. It was eaten mostly by poor people.
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