The family enjoyed a barbecue in the summer.

Meaning: This sentence means that people who are related to each other experienced pleasure or satisfaction from a meal cooked outdoors on a grill during the warmest season of the year.

Choice of Words: Family is a group of people who are related to each other. Enjoyed means to experience pleasure or satisfaction. Barbecue is a meal cooked outdoors on a grill. Summer is the warmest season of the year.

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The family had a cookout in the summertime.

Meaning: This means that the family cooked a meal outdoors over a fire during the warm season of the year.

Choice of Words: Family is a group of people who are related to each other, like parents and children or siblings. Cookout is another word for a barbecue, which is a meal cooked outdoors over a fire. Summertime is the warmest season of the year, when the weather is nice and warm.

The relatives grilled some food outside during the summer.

Meaning: This means that the family cooked food outside on a grill during the warm season of the year.

Choice of Words: Relatives are people who are related to each other, like parents, children, or siblings. Grilled means to cook food over a fire or on a grill. Outside means not inside a building. Summer is the warmest season of the year, when the weather is nice and warm.

The family and their loved ones had a barbecue in the summer.

Meaning: This means that the family and the people they care about cooked a meal outdoors over a fire during the warm season of the year.

Choice of Words: Family is a group of people who are related to each other, like parents and children or siblings. Loved ones are people who are dear to you, like your family or close friends. Barbecue is a meal cooked outdoors over a fire. Summer is the warmest season of the year, when the weather is nice and warm.

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