Farmer checked the pigs' temperature.

Meaning: This sentence describes the farmer's action of examining the body heat of the pigs.

Choice of Words: Farmer is a person who works on a farm. Checked means to examine or inspect something. Pigs are farm animals. Temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of something. When you put them together, "Farmer checked the pigs' temperature" means that the person who works on a farm examined the degree of hotness or coldness of the farm animals.

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The farmer inspected the pigs' body heat.

Meaning: This means that the farmer wanted to make sure that the pigs were healthy and not sick.

Choice of Words: Inspected means to look at something closely and carefully. Body heat refers to the heat that is produced by the body of a living thing. When you put them together, the sentence means that the farmer looked at the pigs' bodies closely to make sure they were not too hot or too cold.

The agriculturalist monitored the swine's thermal state.

Meaning: This means that the farmer wanted to make sure that the pigs were healthy and not sick.

Choice of Words: Agriculturalist is a fancy word for a farmer. Monitored means to watch or check something over a period of time. Swine is another word for pigs. Thermal state refers to how hot or cold something is. When you put them together, the sentence means that the farmer watched the pigs over a period of time to make sure they were not too hot or too cold.

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