Read this sentence from a tale of two cities by charles dickens:
at last, the top of the staircase was gained, and they stopped for the third time.

based on the context, the word gained is used to mean which of the following?

Read the following excerpt from kabir’s “tell me, o swan, your ancient tale,” and answer the question. which of the following best states an implicit meaning of the excerpt? a) the narrator requests that the swan follow him this morning. b) there is a better world than this world that is filled with sadness, death, and decay. c) the narrator overhears someone say “he is i”. d) a bee happily rests on the chest of the narrator.