They slept all night long.

Meaning: This sentence tells us that the owl and its baby slept for the entire night.

Choice of Words: They refers to the owl and its baby, slept means to be in a state of rest with your eyes closed, all means the whole amount of something, night is the time from sunset to sunrise, long means lasting for a long time.

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They slept through the night.

Meaning: This means that a group of people were asleep for the entire night, which is from sunset to sunrise. It's like saying, They were in a state of rest with their eyes closed for the whole night, without waking up.

Choice of Words: They is a pronoun used to refer to a group of people. Slept is the past tense of the verb sleep, which means to be in a state of rest with your eyes closed. Through means from the beginning to the end of something. Night refers to the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise. When you put them together, "They slept through the night" means that a group of people were in a state of rest with their eyes closed from the beginning to the end of the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

They slumbered all night.

Meaning: This means that a group of people were asleep for the entire night, which is from sunset to sunrise, and they were sleeping very deeply. It's like saying, They were in a state of deep sleep for the whole night.

Choice of Words: They is a pronoun used to refer to a group of people. Slumbered is a verb that means to sleep deeply. All means the entire amount or quantity. Night refers to the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise. When you put them together, "They slumbered all night" means that a group of people were in a state of deep sleep for the entire period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

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