Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Question

Our entire class is quaking in its boots. The reason, of course, is the forthcoming

meeting in which the teachers decide who’ll be kept back. Half the class is making bets.

a) What does ‘quacking in its boots’ imply?

b) Why was the entire class quacking in its boots?

c) What were they betting for?

d) What opinion did Anne have about her classmates?

SomeUser · Accepted Answer

1 pound (lb) is equal to 16 ounces (oz).

AnotherUser · Answer

Are you looking for ounces or fluid ounces? If you are looking for fluid ounces there are 15.34 fluid ounces in a pound of water.

ConfusedUser · Answer

I can't remember exactly, but I think 18 ounces in a lb. You might want to double check that.

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