Question

In the week which followed we saw them frequently for;they proved extremely useful to us
(1)'We' referred here?
(2)who is the speaker referring to as 'them'
(3) how did they prove useful to speaker
(4) antonym of rarely

Answer 1

1. We here refers to the narrator A.J.Cronin and his companions

2. The speaker refers to Nicola and Jacopo when he says them

3. They were very useful for the narrator as whenever the narrator wanted a pack of American cigarettes or seats for the opera they could be relied upon by the narrator.

4. Extremely

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