The chicks hatched from the eggs after a week.

Meaning: After seven days, the baby birds came out of the eggs.

Choice of Words: Chicks are baby birds. Hatched is a verb that describes the process of a chick breaking out of its egg. Week is a noun that describes a period of seven days.

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The baby birds emerged from the eggs after seven days.

Meaning: This sentence means the same thing as the first sentence, but it uses different words.

Choice of Words: Baby birds are young birds. Emerged means that the baby birds came out of the eggs. Eggs are the round things that birds lay to have their babies. After means that something happened after another thing. Seven days is a week.

After a period of seven days, the young birds emerged from their protective shells.

Meaning: This sentence means the same thing as the first two sentences, but it uses more formal language.

Choice of Words: Period means a length of time. Seven days is a week. Young birds are baby birds. Emerged means that the baby birds came out of the eggs. Protective shells are the eggs that protect the baby birds while they are growing.

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