Yes. Run into opposition in this context means faced opposition. Another way to end the sentence to drive this message home would be: like ambitious program to modify bad home loans that is being opposed by White House conservatives.

The dark and brooding monastery is suggestive of something unpeaceful, but it is just a suggestion. By adding any evidence to the contrary, it makes it crystal clear that the monastery is in fact a peaceful place. There is no evidence, nothing

Clive is right. Think of it as a mass of people literally running to a bank to withdraw their money because they think the institution will financially collapse. Similarly, a shareholder run is a unusually large group of shareholders wishing to

I would add that "hippie-dippy" is usually used in a derogatory way by conservatives or shall I dare say people with "right-wing" views. These people use the term hippie-dippy to mean a person with idealistic and foolish views

It is confusing, but I look at it as an unspecified number of columns, with each of them containing five men walking side by side (abreast). Think of it as a military parade, with several columns of men, each column containing five men abreast or

I would add to what Clive said and add that in the second sentence, while the person was watchinging TV the action was happening in the present tense. You couldn't say: While I was watching TV I saw someone caught a frisbee, but you could say,

Yes, AlpheccaStars is basically correct. If Lex Luther were to give more money than the herd and grazing land were really worth, he would then be in a position to expect something in return at a later date, hence if he did give more he would be

not necessarily. Think of it like faking or pretending. The girls feigned disappointment when in reality they were relieved that they didn't have to visit their mean old uncle.

Yes, you are right. He is in a dominant, commanding position perched upon his father's shoulders above all, able to survey all that he sees.

I'm also not sure what the relationship between a peach seed and dreaming of flight have in common, but if I were to hazard a quess, I would say the dream of flight is both the quest to learn how to fly, the trials and tribulations associated