The phrase "stared us in the face" is an idiomatic expression.
It means that something was very obvious or impossible to ignore.
"Each" is a distributive adjective that refers to every individual item or person separately in a group.
It modifies "participant" by specifying that every single one received a certificate.
"Outside" is an adverb of place, telling where it is cold.
Adverbs of place describe location or direction, like here, there, outside, upstairs.
The phrase "possibility of rain" best matches the modal verb "may", which indicates uncertainty or possibility.
"May" is the most appropriate and polite way to express weather-related predictions.
"Study" is an anagram of "dusty" — both use the same letters rearranged.
Anagrams are words or phrases formed by reordering the letters of another word.
The letter "b" in "doubt" is silent and not pronounced.
Silent letters are common in English and can affect spelling but not pronunciation.
"Cloud" begins with the consonant sound "C", not a vowel sound.
The Ostrich, Apricot, Octopus — start with vowel sounds.
A new car has been bought by him.
The sentence is in present perfect tense (has bought), so the passive form is has been bought.
"He" becomes "by him" in the passive voice, keeping the tense unchanged.
The word "kindly" suggests a polite request, so we use "requested" in indirect speech.
The sentence changes from direct to indirect without quotes and in the correct verb form.
The phrase "screech of tires" describes a sound, which directly appeals to the sense of hearing.
Words like screech, bang, whisper are examples of auditory imagery.
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