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When Luz Long said, 'something must be eating you' he meant that Jesse Owens must be ______. - English 2 (Literature in English)

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Question

When Luz Long said, 'something must be eating you' he meant that Jesse Owens must be ______.

Options

  • hungry for something

  • troubled by something

  • amused by something

  • ashamed of something

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Solution

When Luz Long said, 'something must be eating you' he meant that Jesse Owens must be troubled by something.

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