The young boy read books every day.

Meaning: This sentence describes a boy who regularly engages in reading books as a daily habit.

Choice of Words: Young means not old, and boy means a male child. Read means to look at and understand written or printed words, and books are collections of written or printed pages that are bound together. Every means each and day means a 24-hour period.

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The little lad perused tomes on a daily basis.

Meaning: This means that a boy who is small in size or amount carefully read large, heavy books, especially old ones, each day.

Choice of Words: Little means small in size or amount. Lad is an old-fashioned word for a boy. Perused means to read something carefully, especially for pleasure or information. Tomes are large, heavy books, especially old ones.

The juvenile male engaged in the activity of reading literary works with a frequency of once per diem.

Meaning: This means that a young or immature male person occupied himself in the activity of looking at and understanding written or printed material that is considered to be of artistic or intellectual value with a rate of one time for each day.

Choice of Words: Juvenile means young or immature. Male means a person of the sex that typically has the capacity to produce small, usually motile gametes (spermatozoa) which fertilize the eggs produced by the female. Engaged means to occupy oneself in an activity. Activity means an action or occupation. Reading means to look at and understand written or printed material. Literary means relating to literature. Works are pieces of writing, especially those that are considered to be of artistic or intellectual value. Frequency means the rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time. Once means one time. Per means for each. Diem means day.

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