The pirates sailed the seven seas.

Meaning: This sentence describes pirates traveling on water across many seas.

Choice of Words: Pirates are people who attack and rob ships at sea. Sailed means to travel on water in a boat or ship. Seven is a number. Seas are large bodies of salt water that cover most of the Earth's surface. When you put them together, it means people who attack ships traveled on water in a boat or ship across many large bodies of salt water.

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