The tired worker napped under the shade of a tree.

Meaning: The worker, who was feeling weary or exhausted, took a short sleep in an area of darkness or shelter from the sun or light under a tree.

Choice of Words: Tired means feeling weary or exhausted. Napped means to take a short sleep. Shade means an area of darkness or shelter from the sun or light.

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The weary worker slumbered beneath the canopy of a towering oak.

Meaning: This sentence describes a worker who is very tired and is taking a light sleep under the branches and leaves of a very tall oak tree.

Choice of Words: **Weary** means very tired. **Slumbered** means to sleep lightly. **Beneath** means under. **Canopy** means the branches and leaves of a tree that form a cover over the top. **Towering oak** means a very tall oak tree.

The exhausted laborer dozed off in the dappled sunlight that filtered through the leaves of an ancient elm.

Meaning: This sentence describes a worker who is extremely tired and is falling asleep lightly in the sunlight that is broken up into spots by passing through the leaves of a very old elm tree.

Choice of Words: **Exhausted** means extremely tired. **Laborer** is a person who does hard physical work. **Dozed off** means to fall asleep lightly. **Dappled sunlight** means sunlight that is broken up into spots by passing through leaves or branches. **Filtered** means to pass through something. **Leaves** are the green parts of a plant that grow on its branches. **Ancient elm** means a very old elm tree.

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