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English, 29.10.2020 18:10 SMNS625

Select the correct answer. Read the sentences from the passage.
Meryl banged on the door, and before Kinsley could grant her permission or bar her from entering, she was breaking in and flopping onto her bed.
"Are you still staring at yourself? You know, Narcissus died and turned into a flower doing that," Meryl said. "It's really not good to be so in love with yourself," she offered, flipping through Kinsley's teen magazine.
If only I did love myself, Kinsley thought, pulling on a pink-and-white checked hat, breaking in the floppy brim until she could make it cover her protruding ears.

What does the phrase “breaking in” mean as it is used in the passage?

A.
In the first instance, it means "to enter without permission," and in the second instance, it means "to make softer through use."
B.
In the first instance, it means "to stop doing something," and in the second instance, it means "to make something come apart."
C.
In the first instance, it means "to make something come apart," and in the second instance, it means "to stop doing something."
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In the first instance, it means "to make softer through use," and in the second instance, it means "to enter without permission."

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