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Wowenglish Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Moaned
I wonder why Cindy moaned when they will be lucky to find a good spot on the beach.
"Hurry up, Bobby?" Cindy shouted.
"We're going to miss the prime suntanning hours."
Seeing that her little brother was not coming down the stairs down the stairs,
Cindy went out to help her parents load the car.
The trunk was packed with a cooler full of food and cold drinks, a blanket, beach ball, fold-up chairs, and plenty of suntan oil .
"Mom," Cindy moaned, "Thanks to Bobby we'll be lucky to find a good spot on the beach." "OK, OK," Mom said, "I'll go see what's taking so long."
"Hurry up, Bobby?" Cindy shouted.
"We're going to miss the prime suntanning hours."
Seeing that her little brother was not coming down the stairs down the stairs,
Cindy went out to help her parents load the car.
The trunk was packed with a cooler full of food and cold drinks, a blanket, beach ball, fold-up chairs, and plenty of suntan oil .
"Mom," Cindy moaned, "Thanks to Bobby we'll be lucky to find a good spot on the beach." "OK, OK," Mom said, "I'll go see what's taking so long."
Top answer
"moaned" here means "complained". ". "we'll be lucky to find a good spot" doesn't mean "we'll find a good spot and thereby be lucky".
- "moaned" here means "complained".
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- "we'll be lucky to find a good spot" doesn't mean "we'll find a good spot and thereby be lucky".
- It means "we'll have difficulty finding a good spot (in fact, we probaby won't); if we do manage to find one it will only be because of good luck".
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"moaned" here means "complained". If you're having difficulty fitting this meaning to the context then you may be misunderstanding "we'll be lucky to...".
"we'll be lucky to find a good spot" doesn't mean "we'll find a good spot and thereby be lucky". It means "we'll have difficulty finding a good spot (in fact, we probaby won't); if we do manage to find one it will only be because of go
"we'll be lucky to find a good spot" doesn't mean "we'll find a good spot and thereby be lucky". It means "we'll have difficulty finding a good spot (in fact, we probaby won't); if we do manage to find one it will only be because of go
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