Aunt Petunia snapped through the door. “Snapped” means she spoke:, suddenly and angrily, softly and kindly, slowly and politely, nervously and quietly, Harry was used to spiders. This means:, he had seen one once, he feared them a lot, he collected them, he was accustomed to them, Aunt Petunia looked as though she’d just swallowed a lemon. This suggests she looked:, excited and proud, sleepy and calm, sour and displeased, confused and frightened, Uncle Vernon said any “funny business” and Harry would be in the cupboard until Christmas. Funny business most nearly means:, comedy shows, harmless games, suspicious or strange behaviour, noisy behaviour, Dudley and Piers sniggered. “Sniggered” means they laughed:, quietly in a rude way, loudly with joy, silently with embarrassment, politely to be friendly, Vernon complained about “the council”. In UK English this usually refers to:, a school club, local government services/authorities, a television channel, a family meeting, A motorbike overtook them. This means it:, followed them closely, stopped in front of them, passed them going in the same direction, turned around, Dudley came waddling towards them. “Waddling” suggests he walked:, quickly and silently, with short steps, swaying from side to side, proudly and confidently, nervously, looking around, Harry was caught by surprise. This means he was:, pretending not to notice, ready for what happened, suddenly shocked, angry in advance, The glass front of the tank had vanished. “Vanished” means it:, disappeared suddenly, cracked slightly, became dirty, moved to one side, The snake was uncoiling itself rapidly. “Uncoiling” means it was:, falling asleep, straightening/unwinding, curling up tighter, turning into stone, People throughout the reptile house screamed and started running for the exits. Throughout means:, only at the entrance, underground, outside, in every part of, Dudley said the snake had nearly bitten off his leg; Piers swore it had tried to squeeze him to death. This is best described as:, a confession, an exaggeration, a scientific description, an accurate report, Uncle Vernon was so angry he could hardly speak; he managed to say, “Go – cupboard – stay – no meals.” “Managed to” means he:, planned to say it later, refused to speak, forgot to say it, succeeded in saying it despite difficulty.

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