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Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.

Hamlet: The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold.
Horatio: It is a nipping and an eager air.

Which adaptation best maintains the original meaning and tone of the underlined part of the excerpt?

The air is painfully freezing.
The air won’t leave me alone.
The air is like a wild animal.
The air is colder than ever.

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Answer:

The air is painfully freezing.

Step-by-step explanation:

The air bites shrewdly, this means to say that it is so cold that you are like biting rapidly with your teeth, and then Horatio says that is nipping which means that is really cold.

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