Carve a face, light shines through.

Meaning: This sentence describes the process of carving a face into a pumpkin and illuminating it from inside, creating a traditional Halloween decoration.

Choice of Words: Carve means to cut into something to create a design, and face refers to the front part of a head. Light means visible radiation, and shines through means to pass through something, allowing light to be seen. Together, these words create a festive image of a carved pumpkin with light shining through it.

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Use a knife to cut out a shape, then put a light inside so it glows.

Meaning: This is a more detailed description of how to make a lantern or a jack-o'-lantern.

Choice of Words: Use means to employ or operate something. Knife is a sharp tool used for cutting. Cut means to separate something with a sharp tool. Shape is the external form or outline of something. Then is a word used to connect two events that happen one after the other. Put means to place something somewhere. Light is a form of energy that can be seen, and glows means to emit light. When you put them together, "Use a knife to cut out a shape, then put a light inside so it glows" means to use a sharp tool to cut a shape into something, and then place a light inside so that it gives off light.

Make a hole in something, put a light in it, and it will give off light.

Meaning: This is a simplified description of how to make a lantern or a jack-o'-lantern.

Choice of Words: Make means to create or produce something. Hole is an opening in something. Put means to place something somewhere. Light is a form of energy that can be seen, and give off means to emit or release something. When you put them together, "Make a hole in something, put a light in it, and it will give off light" means to create an opening in something, place a light inside, and it will emit light.

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