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Read: 'It is their daily bread, a roof over their heads, even if it is a leaking roof.' Q: The phrase 'a leaking roof' MOST naturally suggests

AInadequate but real shelter
BA new roof above the family
CA rented roof above the family
DA perfect roof above the family
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Inadequate but real shelter
The leak conveys inadequacy; that it is still called a 'roof' conveys real, if meagre, shelter. The phrase encodes both ideas at once.
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