Cracks appear as chick struggles free.

Meaning: Lines start to show on the egg as the baby bird tries hard to come out.

Choice of Words: Cracks are narrow openings in a surface. Appear means to come into sight or view. Chick refers to a young bird. Struggles means to make great efforts to do something difficult. Free means not under the control or power of another.

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A little bird is working hard to get out of its egg.

Meaning: This sentence is describing a baby bird trying to break out of its eggshell. The bird is pushing and working hard, trying to get out of the egg.

Choice of Words: Little means small in size. Bird is an animal with feathers that can fly. Working means to do something that requires effort. Hard means to use a lot of effort or strength. Get means to obtain or receive something. Out means to move from a place or situation. Of is used to show a relationship between two things. Its means belonging to the bird. Egg is the round object that a bird lays and from which a baby bird hatches. When you put all these words together, the sentence means that the baby bird is using a lot of effort to break out of its eggshell.

The baby bird is pecking at its eggshell.

Meaning: This sentence is describing a baby bird trying to break out of its eggshell. The bird is using its beak to hit the eggshell over and over again, trying to break it open so it can get out.

Choice of Words: Baby means a young child or animal. Bird is an animal with feathers that can fly. Pecking means to strike something with the beak, especially repeatedly. At means to direct an action or attention towards something. Its means belonging to the bird. Eggshell is the round object that a bird lays and from which a baby bird hatches. When you put all these words together, the sentence means that the baby bird is using its beak to hit the eggshell repeatedly in order to break out.

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