57:42 Part of this excerpt would be considered an
understatement because
Read the excerpt from Act II of The Importance of Being
Earnest.
Cecily. (Rather shy and confidingly.] Dearest
Gwendolen, there is no reason why I should make a
secret of it to you. Our little county newspaper is sure to
chronicle the fact next week. Mr. Ernest Worthing and I
are engaged to be married.
Gwendolen. [Quite politely, rising.) My darling Cecily, I
think there must be some slight error. Mr. Ernest
Worthing is engaged to me. The announcement will
appear in the Morning Post on Saturday at the latest.
O when Cecily says, "There is no reason why I should
make a secret of it to you," she actually does have a
reason to keep it a secret.
O when Cecily says, "Mr. Ernest Worthing and I are
engaged to be married," she is actually making a joke.
when Gwendolen says, "I think there must be some
slight error," she is actually referring to the large error
of Cecily saying she is engaged to Ernest.
O when Gwendolen says, "The announcement will
appear in the Morning Post on Saturday," she is not
telling the truth.

the amount of sleep your body needs on a regular basis is called

kellan is struggling with the amount of work he has to do

hope this : 3

grunge

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.