She read a book at the library.

Meaning: This means she went to the library to read a book.

Choice of Words: Read means to look at and understand written or printed matter. Book is a set of printed or written sheets, bound together and fastened at one edge, that contains written information or illustrations. Library is a place where people can go to read books, magazines, and newspapers. When you put them together, it means she read a book at the library.

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The girl read a storybook in the school library.

Meaning: This means that a young female looked at and understood written or printed words in a book that contains a made-up tale. The action took place within or inside a library that is located within a school building.

Choice of Words: The girl is a more specific subject than "she," indicating that it is a young female who is doing the action of reading. A storybook is a book that contains a story, which is a made-up tale. In means within or inside a particular space or area. The school library is a library that is located within a school building.

The young lady was engrossed in a novel at the public library.

Meaning: This means that a woman who is relatively young was deeply absorbed or interested in reading a long work of fiction, typically in the form of a book. The action took place in a library that is open to the general public.

Choice of Words: The young lady is an even more specific subject than "the girl," indicating that it is a polite way to refer to a woman who is relatively young. Was engrossed means to be deeply absorbed or interested in something. A novel is a long work of fiction, typically in the form of a book. At means in a particular place or location. The public library is a library that is open to the general public.

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