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Pro learner Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

What word/words are omitted here?

This is the definition I found in Collin Dic online. Would you please give me the idea what word/words omitted in the 2nd ex.?

rattle (verb)

You can say that a bus, train or car rattles somewhere when it moves noisily from one place to another.

1)The bus from Odense rattled into a dusty village called Pozo Almonte.2)Somewhere close at hand a train rattled by.
  

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modern park Somewhere close at hand a train rattled by. I don't sense that any words are omitted. What do you mean?

— CalifJim

  • modern park Somewhere close at hand a train rattled by.
  • I don't sense that any words are omitted.
  • What do you mean?
  • CJ
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modern parkSomewhere close at hand a train rattled by.

I don't sense that any words are omitted. What do you mean?

CJ

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There are no missing words. 

 A train went by. (It passed us.)
 A train rattled by. (It passed us making a shaking noise.)
 A train lumbered by. (It passed us slowly. It was a very heavy train.)
 A train sped by. (It passed us very quickly. It was a very fast train.)
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Oh! I got it. Thank you.

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