Question

Use the excerpt to complete the activity.

Now it was my mother's turn to sigh.

"Look," I said, to cheer her up. "I'm thinking about shaving the moustache off." Even though I wasn't for a
long time. Another discovery: You can build a way of life on postponement.

"Your grandmother probably won't even recognize you," she said. And I saw the shadow fall across her face.

In 1-2 sentences, explain the meaning of postponement in the excerpt, and tell which words provide the clearest
context clue for the word.

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Answer 1

Postponement here means putting something off or delaying an action. The clearest context clues are “thinking about shaving the moustache off” and “Even though I wasn't for a long time,” which show he keeps delaying actually doing it.