HLP Read this excerpt from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling.

Rikki-tikki knew better than to waste time in staring. He jumped up in the air as high as he could go, and just under him whizzed by the head of Nagaina, Nag's wicked wife. She had crept up behind him as he was talking, to make an end of him; and he heard her savage hiss as the stroke missed.

What is the best way to paraphrase this section of the story?

She had crept up behind him as he was talking, to make an end of him; and he heard her savage hiss as the stroke missed.
Darzee tried to warn Rikki-tikki, but he was too late. The cobras crept up behind him and waited for him to let down his guard.
Now that Rikki-tikki had defeated the cobras yet again, they were really angry. Rikki-tikki knew he was in for some trouble.
Rikki-tikki leapt over the head of Nag’s evil wife, who had snuck up behind him to try to kill him.

The answer is

Explanation:

Darzee tried to warn Rikki-tikki, but he was too late. The cobras crept up behind him and waited for him to let down his guard.

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identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.