Quick Thinking 10-Year-Old Saves 100 Lives in Thailand
go on about (something): to talk a lot about something, often in a way that others find boring or annoying
The sea looked strange. Foam bubbled on the surface, and the water did not seem normal. Instead of going in and out, it just receded. Most people ignored it, but one girl knew that something was wrong.
Tilly Smith, a 10-year-old from Surrey, was on holiday in Phuket, Thailand, when she saw the water change. Only two weeks earlier, she had learned in her geography class about tsunamis. She remembered the warning signs from her lesson and knew what was coming.
Tilly begged her family to leave the beach. Her mother said, “Tilly just started going on about this froth on the sea and started getting hysterical…” At first they didn’t believe her, but the little girl refused to stay silent. She convinced her parents, sister, and many tourists to run to safety.
Across Asia, more than 200,000 lives were lost during the 2004 tsunami, but thanks to Tilly, everyone on Mai Khao Beach survived.
Sample sentences
My grandfather always goes on about the good old days when everything was cheaper.
She went on about her new job for hours, and we could not change the subject.
He loves football, but he goes on about his favorite team so much that his friends get tired of it.
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