The birds flew over the sea.

Meaning: This sentence describes birds moving through the air above a large body of salt water.

Choice of Words: Birds are feathered creatures that can fly. Flew is the past tense of fly. Over means above or on top of something. Sea is a large body of salt water. When you put them together, "The birds flew over the sea" means the birds were flying above the sea.

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