Beaks open, notes escape free.

Meaning: Birds open their beaks and sing their songs without any restrictions.

Choice of Words: Beaks are the hard, pointed mouths of birds. Open means to move something apart or to make a space or hole. Notes are musical sounds. Escape means to get away or to break free from something. Free means not being held or controlled by anyone or anything.

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The birds sing their hearts out.

Meaning: This means that the birds are singing very loudly and with great emotion, as if they are putting all of their effort into it.

Choice of Words: Birds are animals with feathers and wings that can fly. Sing means to make musical sounds with your voice. Hearts are organs that pump blood through the body, and out means away from something. When you put them together, "The birds sing their hearts out" means that the birds are singing very loudly and with great emotion.

The choir's voices filled the air.

Meaning: This means that the choir was singing so loudly that their voices could be heard everywhere, as if they were filling the air with their sound.

Choice of Words: Choir is a group of people who sing together, voices are the sounds made by people or animals when they speak or sing, filled means to make something full, and air is the invisible gas that surrounds the Earth. When you put them together, "The choir's voices filled the air" means that the choir was singing so loudly that their voices could be heard everywhere.

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