Which lines from "mending wall" best indicate that the speaker is amused while repairing the wall?

a. we wear our fingers rough with handling them.
b. oh, just another kind of out-door game, no one has seen them made or heard them made, but at spring mending-time we find them there.
c. and he likes having thought of it so well he says again, "good fences make good neighbours."
d. we have to use a spell to make them balance: "stay where you are until our backs are turned! "

Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics that he could do something so contemptible was hard to believe a. worthy of respect b. deserving to be despised c. amazing d. amusing

What is the probability of getting a license plate with 123 abc or abc 123?

Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.