The playful parrot imitated my words.

Meaning: This sentence describes a tropical bird with a hooked beak and brightly colored feathers copying the sounds of human language.

Choice of Words: Playful means liking to have fun and play. Parrot is a tropical bird with a hooked beak and brightly colored feathers that can imitate human speech. Imitated means to copy someone or something. Words are the basic units of language.

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The silly parrot mocked my speech.

Meaning: This means that the parrot was not serious or sensible, and it copied the way that the speaker talked in a way that was not respectful.

Choice of Words: Silly means not serious or sensible, like a clown or a comedian. Parrot is a kind of bird that is known for its ability to copy sounds, like human speech. Mocked means to make fun of or copy someone in a way that is not respectful. My shows that the speech belongs to the speaker. Speech is the way that we talk.

The clever parrot repeated my phrases.

Meaning: This means that the parrot was intelligent or skillful, and it copied the groups of words that the speaker said.

Choice of Words: Clever means intelligent or skillful, like a scientist or a musician. Parrot is a kind of bird that is known for its ability to copy sounds, like human speech. Repeated means to say or do something again. My shows that the phrases belong to the speaker. Phrases are groups of words that are used together to express an idea.

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