Girl smiled at happy friend.

Meaning: This sentence describes a young female child expressing pleasure or amusement by curving the lips upward, facing or directed toward a person who she knows well and regards with affection and trust, who is feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.

Choice of Words: Girl is a young female child. Smiled means expressed pleasure or amusement by curving the lips upward. At means facing or directed toward someone or something. Happy means feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. Friend is a person who you know well and regard with affection and trust.

Alternative Expressions

The young lady expressed joy towards her cheerful companion.

Meaning: This means that a young female child showed a happy expression towards someone she is close with.

Choice of Words: Young lady is a more formal way to refer to a girl. Expressed is a verb that means to make known or show something. Joy is a noun that refers to a feeling of great pleasure or happiness. Towards is a preposition that means in the direction of or towards something. Cheerful is an adjective that means happy and optimistic. Companion is a noun that refers to a person who accompanies another person or group of people.

A female child displayed a smile in the presence of her delighted acquaintance.

Meaning: This means that a young female child showed a happy expression towards someone she knows.

Choice of Words: Female child is a more technical way to refer to a girl. Displayed is a verb that means to show or exhibit something. Smile is a noun that refers to a facial expression that shows happiness or amusement. In the presence of is a phrase that means in the company of or near someone. Delighted is an adjective that means very pleased or happy. Acquaintance is a noun that refers to a person one knows, but not well.

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