The characters came to life in her mind.

Meaning: This means that she could picture the characters in her mind and imagine what they were like.

Choice of Words: Characters are the people, animals, or creatures that appear in a story or play. Life is the existence of an organism or the period during which an organism is alive. Mind is the part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers. When you put them together, "Characters came to life in her mind" means that the characters in the story seemed to become real and alive in her imagination.

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