She dreamed of exploring the vast universe.

Meaning: The sentence describes the girl's desire to explore and learn more about the universe.

Choice of Words: Dreamed means that the girl imagined something happening. Exploring means to travel and search for new things. Vast means very large. Universe is everything that exists, including the earth, the sun, the stars, and all the other planets.

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She wished to journey across the boundless cosmos.

Meaning: This means that she wanted to go on an impossible adventure to see all of the universe.

Choice of Words: Wished means to have a strong desire for something. Journey means to travel from one place to another, often over a long distance. Across means from one side of something to the other. Boundless means having no limits or boundaries. Cosmos is another word for the universe. When you put them together, the sentence means that she had a strong desire to travel from one side of the universe to the other, which is impossible.

Her mind wandered through the infinite expanse.

Meaning: This means that she was letting her thoughts go wherever they wanted to go, like imagining herself floating through space.

Choice of Words: Mind refers to the part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers. Wandered means to move around aimlessly or without any particular purpose. Through means moving from one side of something to the other. Infinite means having no limits or boundaries. Expanse means a large, open area of land, water, or sky. When you put them together, the sentence means that her mind was moving around without any particular purpose in the very large space of the universe.

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