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What does it mean to be 'as mad as a hatter'?

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Answer 1
Answer: In the 16th and 17th Centuries, the process of manufacturing and repairing hats
by hand involved the use of liquid concoctions containing substantial quantities
of lead and mercury, with the result that "hatters" ... the people who worked at the
trade of hats ... routinely became mentally incompetent and hallucinatory after
breathing all that stuff on their jobs for decades. 

"Mad as a hatter" means that you/he and/or your/his ideas are as unreasonable,
irrational, unpredictable, undependable, ludicrous etc. as if you/he had been
hand-making hats for a living.

Pretty scary stuff.  But that's what it was like for the common people trying to earn
a living in the cities a few Centuries ago.

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Who are the characters in harry potter

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Well, some of the main characters are Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, and Voldemort. But some minor characters that really help contribute to the story are the entire Weasley family, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Snape.
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  • Severus Snape.
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What does the word aspects mean in this sentence. Lee solved all aspects of the problem

a. Angles
B. Pledges
C. Entrances
D. Corrections



What does the word tentative mean in this sentence.

Wanda and her family made tentative plans to go on a picnic

A. With little food
B. With preparation
C. Not fully worked out
D. Never done a head of time

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the first answer is d and the second is c

Answer:

angles

Explanation:

Why do you think Percy ask Chiron about the underworld Percy Jackson chapter 6 the lightning thief

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Because he thought his mom was dead, but he realized there’s a chance she’s in the underworld.

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He says: "The beginnings of an idea - a tiny, hopeful fire - started forming in my mind." He hopes that his mother is not really dead. If she is in the Underworld, he could go there and save her.

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The speaker in "If" says that those who follow the advice offered in the poem will become _____. Fill in the blank and explain your answer.

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The correct answer is "a Man". Kipling ends his poem with the line "And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son!" This indicates that Kipling is addressing his poem to youths who are not yet adults (or even immature adults). The speaker is a father-figure that intends to counsel his son about becoming an adult. The first stanza is about knowing oneself. The second is about knowing that we not always get what we want. The thirs is about being brave. The third is about knowing one's place in the world.

The table top in the shape of a trapezoid has the area of 6550 square meters its longer base measures 115 centimeters and the shorter base is 85 centimeters what is the height?

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The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "65.5 centimeters."

(1) Get the height by using the formula of the area of a trapezoid.
Area = (a+b)h / 2
6550 = (115 + 85) h / 2
6550 = 200h/2
6550 = 100h
h = 65.5 centimeters.

So the height has a length of 65.5 centimeters.

If you were Orpheus, would you have locked back? why or why not?

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I can understand that Orpheus was not certain if he wasn't tricked by Hades, and if Eurydice is really following him. He also wanted to see his beloved. But the punishment for doing so was very severe, and Greek gods were usually not the ones one should trifle with, so i think that his action was reckless. I wouldn't look back, but its easier said then done.
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