People enjoy eating fresh crops.

Meaning: Human beings like to put plants grown for food in their mouths and swallow them when they are not spoiled or rotten.

Choice of Words: People are human beings. Enjoy means to like something. Eating means to put food in your mouth and swallow it. Fresh means not spoiled or rotten. Crops are plants grown for food.

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The kids are playing in the backyard.

Meaning: This means that the children are outside and having fun in the area behind their house.

Choice of Words: Kids are young people. Playing is an activity that involves having fun and using your imagination. Backyard is the area of land behind a house. So, "The kids are playing in the backyard" means that the young people are having fun and using their imaginations in the area of land behind their house.

The dog is barking at the mailman.

Meaning: This means that the dog is making a noise at the person who is delivering mail.

Choice of Words: Dog is an animal that is often kept as a pet. Barking is a sound that dogs make. Mailman is a person who delivers mail. So, "The dog is barking at the mailman" means that the animal is making a sound at the person who is delivering mail.

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