The girl skipped happily along the path, enjoying the fresh air.

Meaning: The girl moved quickly and lightly, taking short, hopping steps, and she felt pleased and satisfied as she enjoyed the clean and unspoiled air.

Choice of Words: Skipped means to move lightly and quickly, taking short, hopping steps. Happily means feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. Fresh means new, clean, and not spoiled.

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The girl hopped merrily down the trail, relishing the crisp breeze.

Meaning: This sentence also describes a girl who is moving quickly and lightly, but this time she is going down a trail and enjoying the fresh, crisp breeze.

Choice of Words: Hopped is similar to skipped, it means to move quickly and lightly by jumping with both feet. Merrily means in a happy and cheerful way. Down means in a downward direction. Trail is a path or track, often through a natural area. Relishing means to enjoy something greatly. Crisp means fresh and refreshing. Breeze means a gentle wind.

The girl skipped gleefully through the meadow, delighting in the fragrant flowers.

Meaning: This sentence describes a girl who is moving quickly and lightly through a meadow, and she is very happy and enjoying the fragrant flowers.

Choice of Words: Gleefully means in a very happy and cheerful way. Through means in or into the middle of something. Meadow is an area of open grassland, often with flowers. Delighting means to find great pleasure in something. Fragrant means having a pleasant smell. Flowers are the colorful and often fragrant reproductive structures of plants.

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