Reading book is a great way to pass the time.

Meaning: Spending time reading a book is a nice way to keep yourself busy and entertained.

Choice of Words: Reading means to look at and understand written or printed material. Book is a set of written or printed pages that are fastened together inside a cover. Pass means to move from one place to another. Time refers to the continuous flow of existence and events that occur in an apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.

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Reading books is a fun activity.

Meaning: This means that looking at words in books and understanding their meaning is an enjoyable action or occupation. It's like saying, Reading books can make you happy and entertained.

Choice of Words: Reading means to look at words in a book and understand their meaning. Books are collections of pages with words, pictures, or both, bound together along one side. Fun means enjoyable or amusing. Activity means an action or occupation. When you put them together, "Reading books is a fun activity" means that looking at words in books and understanding their meaning is an enjoyable action or occupation.

Reading is a good way to learn new things.

Meaning: This means that looking at words in a book and understanding their meaning is a satisfactory or adequate manner of gaining knowledge or skill about objects or ideas that did not exist before. It's like saying, Reading books can help you become smarter and know more about the world.

Choice of Words: Reading means to look at words in a book and understand their meaning. Good means satisfactory or adequate. Way means a manner of doing something or a route or direction. Learn means to gain knowledge or skill. New means not existing before. Things are objects or ideas. When you put them together, "Reading is a good way to learn new things" means that looking at words in a book and understanding their meaning is a satisfactory or adequate manner of gaining knowledge or skill about objects or ideas that did not exist before.

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