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. THE FLOWER GIRL. I want to be a lady in a flower shop stead of selling at the corner of Tottenham Court Road. But they won't take me unless I can talk more genteel. He said he could teach me. Well, here I am ready to pay him--not asking any favor--and he treats me as if I was dirt. thats paragraph 23

and the question is what genteel means

A i want to be a lady
B they wont take me
Chere i am ready to pay
D he treats me as if i was dirt​

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The answer to the question is A.I want to be a lady. A lady is refined, polite and respectable and that's the definition of genteel
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