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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by crustaceans [Crab walking in the sea]

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the terrifying spiders of the ocean we still can't figure out why Red Lobster

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didn't want us writing slogans for them.. ...First read the following

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sentence we found lots of shells as the tide began to recede, like my hairline

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recede most nearly means what... and here your potential answers....

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well it's summertime and that just so happens to be the best season [Sally stood by her stall of seashells on a beach]

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for Sally to sell seashells by the seashore she's heard that the best time

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to stock up on her product is when the tide is receding there's only one

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problem she doesn't know what the word recede means..[Sally confused by the word recede]

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let's take a look at her options well encroach means to come in searching

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for seashells when the tide is in, yeah, not the best option you're more likely [Sally washed away by a wave]

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to find lots of sharks and jellyfish stings thank you very much we can use the

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same logic to eliminate C) it's kind of hard to gather shells when the water is [Sally in the sea]

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waist-deep, unless they're really big shells and then well you know, shell eats you..

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how about D) you do want to wait for the tide to change but change is awfully [Sally on the beach waiting for the tide to change]

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ambiguous after all a tsunami is a tidal change.. What you really want is

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for the tides to go back or retreat making it easier to get your hands on [Crab picks up a shell]

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all those shiny shiny clam houses and to retreat happens to be the definition for

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recede B) is the correct answer and we love a tidy solution [Sally carrying lots of shells]

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