Class 11 · English
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Key terms to remember
Cardboard
the stiff mount of the old photograph; the word stresses the snapshot as a fragile physical object.
Transient
lasting only briefly; the children's feet are "terribly transient" against the enduring sea.
Paddling
wading in shallow sea water, the childhood act captured in the photograph.
Wry
bitterly or ironically twisted; the laughter is "wry with the laboured ease of loss."
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