Rabbit wanted to rest.

Meaning: The rabbit desired to take a break and relax.

Choice of Words: Rabbit is the subject, wanted is the verb, to rest is the infinitive form of the verb rest.

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The rabbit was tired and needed a break.

Meaning: This means that the rabbit was feeling tired and needed to stop doing whatever it was doing and rest or relax.

Choice of Words: Tired means feeling weak or sleepy because you have been working or doing something for a long time. Needed means to have to have something in order to be healthy or happy. Break means a short period of time when you stop doing something in order to rest or relax. When you put them together, "The rabbit was tired and needed a break" means that the rabbit had been working or doing something for a long time and needed to stop and rest or relax.

The rabbit longed for a moment of peace and quiet.

Meaning: This means that the rabbit was feeling tired and wanted to stop doing whatever it was doing and rest or relax.

Choice of Words: Longed means to have a strong desire or wish for something. Moment means a very short period of time. Peace means a state of calm and quiet. Quiet means the absence of noise or sound. When you put them together, "The rabbit longed for a moment of peace and quiet" means that the rabbit really wanted to have a short period of time where it could be calm and quiet.

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