Meaning: The children were cooking marshmallows by holding them over the fire.
Choice of Words: The word "roasted" means to cook food over a fire. Marshmallows are soft, spongy candies that are often roasted over a campfire and eaten.
Alternative Expressions
The kids toasted marshmallows above the flames.
Meaning: This means that the young people held the marshmallows above the burning gases of the fire until they were warm and brown.
Choice of Words:Kids is another word for children. Toasted is similar to roasted, but it can also mean to make something warm and brown by exposing it to heat. Marshmallows are the same as before. Above means higher than something else. Flames are the burning gases that come from a fire.
The young ones cooked the sugary treats on the fire.
Meaning: This means that the young people prepared the sugary marshmallows by placing them on the fire.
Choice of Words:Young ones is another way to refer to children. Cooked is a general term for preparing food. Sugary treats are foods that contain a lot of sugar, like marshmallows. On means in contact with the surface of something. Fire is the same as before.