What is the meaning of the phrase "getting up there in years" in this sentence? my dog and i would run three miles every day when he was young, but we've shortened the distance to one mile now that he is getting up there in years.

1) old

2) lazy

3) tired

4) cranky

1) old.

Explanation: In the given sentence: "My dog and I would run three miles every day when he was young, but we've shortened the distance to one mile now that he is getting up there in years" the meaning of the phrase "getting up there in years" is "old", the speaker is saying that his dog and he used to run three miles every day "when he was young" but now they can't run that distance because the dog is old.

ismene wants to follow the rules, unlike antigone who'd rather break them for her brother.

answer: a

explanation:

read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”