He hopped eagerly onto the carousel horse.

Meaning: This means that he jumped on the carousel horse with great excitement and enthusiasm.

Choice of Words: Hopped means to jump on one foot. Eagerly means with great enthusiasm or desire. Carousel means a large, rotating platform with seats or figures that people ride for amusement.

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The boy enthusiastically boarded the merry-go-round steed.

Meaning: The sentence describes a young boy who is very excited to get on a merry-go-round horse. He gets on the horse and sits down.

Choice of Words: **Boy** is a noun that refers to a young male child. **Enthusiastically** is an adverb that means with great enthusiasm or excitement. **Boarded** is a verb that means to get on a vehicle or aircraft. **Merry-go-round steed** is a noun phrase that refers to a horse-shaped figure on a merry-go-round, a rotating amusement ride.

With great anticipation, the child mounted the rotating equine effigy.

Meaning: The sentence describes a child who is very excited to get on a carousel horse. They get on the horse and sit down, feeling excited and eager to ride.

Choice of Words: **Anticipation** is a noun that refers to the feeling of excitement or eagerness that you have before something happens. **Mounted** is a verb that means to get on a horse or other animal. **Rotating equine effigy** is a noun phrase that refers to a horse-shaped figure on a rotating amusement ride.

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