The cat quickly jumped to retrieve it.

Meaning: This sentence describes something happening in a short amount of time and moving suddenly into the air in order to get something back. It's like saying, In a short amount of time, something moved suddenly into the air to get something back.

Choice of Words: Quickly is an adverb that means happening or done in a short amount of time. Jumped is a verb that means to move suddenly into the air. Retrieve is a verb that means to get something back. When you put them together, "quickly jumped to retrieve it" means that something happened in a short amount of time and moved suddenly into the air in order to get something back.

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