Sunlight streams through the windowpane.

Meaning: This sentence describes sunlight passing through a window and entering a room.

Choice of Words: Sunlight is the light from the sun. Streams means to flow or move in a continuous current. Through means from one side to the other. Windowpane is the glass part of a window.

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The sun's rays enter the room through the window.

Meaning: This means that the sun's light is coming into the room through the window. It's like saying, The sun's light is moving into the room through the window.

Choice of Words: Rays are lines or beams of light. Enter means to come or go into a place. Room is a space within a building that is separated by walls or partitions. When we put them together, "The sun's rays enter the room through the window" describes how the sun's light comes into the room through the window.

The window allows the sun's light to pass into the room.

Meaning: This means that the sun's light is able to come into the room because of the window. It's like saying, The window is letting the sun's light come into the room.

Choice of Words: Allows means to give permission or make it possible for something to happen. Pass means to move from one place to another. When we put them together, "The window allows the sun's light to pass into the room" describes how the window makes it possible for the sun's light to come into the room.

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