His words painted vivid pictures in my mind.
Meaning: This means that the stories helped the speaker to imagine the events and characters in the stories very clearly.
Choice of Words: Painted means to create a picture or design using paint or other materials. Vivid means bright, intense, or lively. Pictures are images or representations of something. Mind is the part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers. When you put them together, "His words painted vivid pictures in my mind" means that the grandfather's stories created clear and detailed images in the speaker's imagination.
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