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For tag questions, the tag must match the modal auxiliary used in the main clause while reversing the polarity. Since the stem contains the negative modal auxiliary "couldn't", the question tag requires the affirmative form "could she?".

The subject of the sentence is an infinitive phrase ("To be alive after such a serious accident"), which takes a singular verb in the active voice. The phrasal verb "calls for" means "demands" or "warrants".

The standard order of cumulative adjectives in English follows: Opinion/Observation (beautiful) → Physical quality (strong) → Age (young).

The idiom "to blow hot air" means to talk boastfully, nonsensically, or make promises that have no substance or are empty and deceptive.

The idiomatic phrase "to go back to the drawing board" means to start a plan, process, or strategy over again from the beginning after a previous attempt failed.

The correlative conjunction "either ... or" expresses an exclusive alternative between two possibilities: one person will attend, but not both at the same time. Therefore, if Ada attends, Adio will not.

The vowel sound in "lock" is the short open back rounded vowel /ɒ/. Among the options, "cot" has the same vowel /ɒ/ (/kɒt/), whereas "duck", "sum", and "luck" contain the short open-mid back unrounded vowel /ʌ/.

The underlined th in "brother" represents the voiced dental fricative /ð/ (/ˈbrʌðə/). Among the options, "breathe" also contains the voiced dental fricative /ð/ (/briːð/), whereas "author" contains the voiceless dental fricative /\theta/, and "thyme" and "bait" begin with /t/.

The underlined letters th in voiceless contexts produce the voiceless dental fricative /\theta/, exactly as in thigh (/\thetaaɪ/) and teeth /ti:\theta/. However, the given word contains the /ð/ sound (/smuːð/). This sound is also present in that (/ðæt/)

straight - /streɪt/ white - /waɪt/ tight - /taɪt/ weight - /weɪt/ taint - /teɪnt/

In words ending with the suffix "-ity", primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable (the syllable directly preceding the suffix). For se-ren-DIP-i-ty, the primary stress is on the fourth syllable from the end (the third syllable dip), represented by capitals on the stressed syllable.

Emphatic stress is the placement of greater stress on a particular word or syllable in an utterance for emphasis or correction. The given utterance clarifies an error made in the question. Will I be at the meeting now? No I will be at the meeting SOON.

The emphatic stress on US emphasizes the group involved in contrast to others. Question (B) asks about "them," which is directly answered and corrected by stressing "All of US."

The word capricious describes someone who is unpredictable, erratic, impulsive, and prone to sudden, unaccountable changes of mood or behavior. The antonym is methodical, which describes someone who acts in an orderly, disciplined, systematic, and predictable manner.

The underlined vowel in Luke is the long close back rounded vowel /uː/ (/luːk/). Among the options: book contains the near-close near-back rounded vowel /ʊ/ (/bʊk/) put contains /ʊ/ (/pʊt/) tube contains /uː/ (or the yod-coalesced variant /tjuːb/ or /tuːb/) but contains the open-mid back unrounded vowel /ʌ/ (/bʌt/) Therefore, tube shares the same vowel sound /uː/.