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Texas EOC English I: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts Drill 3, Problem 2
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Texas EOC English 1: 3.2 Understanding and Analysis Across Genres. What does "libation" mean in this passage?
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Thank you We sneak in and here's your shmoop du
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jour Brought to you by fancy hotels that kind where
- 00:09
you even after wear a tie in the shower Yeah
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we've been there It's Not a fun place to stay
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Walton beaumont hotel You reading this thing I know it
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looks The last coin grueling day business branches served an
- 00:24
ornamental with peaceful sense in walking All right moving on
- 00:32
in the second The last sentence of the second paragraph
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Right here lie Bai shen means what And hear the
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potential answers Writes an alcoholic drink recreational sport a dessert
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or reading material All right well the context around the
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word will help us figure this one out Let's check
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out the last few sentences of the paragraph right here
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Our depth waitstaff guys got it All right so i
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guess we're supposed to relax and enjoy their live ations
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in a lounge after dinner and they can either do
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this while having an intimate rendezvous is somebody else Or
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while watching some entertainment got to say the william bowman's
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sounding pretty inviting Let's nix choice b first of all
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recreational sports aren't exactly after dinner activities Even the friendliest
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Softball games isn't the best follow up to a steak
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dinner we'll cut answer dia's well reading after dinner is
- 01:24
nice but an after hours lounge isn't the best place
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to do it That intimate tet a tet might be
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a little less intimate with one person's head stuck in
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a book and then we have choice see which doesn't
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sound totally crazy A little dessert after dinner is a
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good thing sometimes a very good thing over the previous
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since talks about a gourmet dinner in the restaurant so
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we figure that's where the desert is to be had
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The correct answer is a brochure is saying that the
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late night lounge is a great place for an after
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dinner drink that we didn't know the word already in
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the context didn't help A little latin knowledge might come
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in handy on this one The word libation contains the
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latin root lie bat which means to pour the true
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definition is a pouring of wine in honor of a
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deity but these days people also use it when talking
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about any alcoholic beverage or worship deities a lot these
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days with so the hound's ears could change its name
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To the lie bache in lounge If it wanted teo 00:02:25.688 --> [endTime] sound even fancier you called me
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