I'm confused about the usage of ''the''. 1.Contributed the least to the economy. 2.Contributed least to the economy. I think there is no need for ''the'' in the first sentence. Can you help me to understand the reason why it is used there.?

''Although this tendency may lead to negative results, the number of young who sacrifice their education for work is growing'' Last word is growing, but I remaing between ''increasing'' and ''growing''. Which one is more appropriate for that sentence.? The sentence refers to the numbers. In my opinion, it should be increasing but ''growing'' used in essay.

Can you ask the examiner questions? Can you ask questions to the examiner? Actually, I am confused about the first sentence because the second one seems normal to me. To the examiner make more sense to me. In the first sentence how I can get the same meaning as 'to the examiner'? I don't know. Thank you in advance for your help.

"Ceasefire holds overnight after days of violence" I'm not sure about the meaning of above sentence. I understood something like 'violence continued and stopped one night.' but I'm not sure. Could you help me please?

I’m confused about The usage of `did` in the below sentence is necessary or not? “It took more than a month, but my eyeball did eventually return to its normal location. ”

What is the difference between -have managed to -managed to? I have managed to become a college athlete. I managed to become a college athlete.