Clean hands protect health.

Meaning: Washing your hands helps to protect your health by preventing the spread of germs.

Choice of Words: "Clean" means free from dirt or germs, "hands" are the parts of the body at the end of your arms that you use to hold things, "protect" means to keep something safe from harm, and "health" is the state of being well and free from illness.

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Healthy hands keep germs away.

Meaning: This sentence means that washing your hands can help keep you healthy.

Choice of Words: Healthy means being in good health and not sick. Hands are the parts of our body we use to grab and hold things. Keep means to have or hold something. Germs are tiny living things that can make us sick. Away means to create distance from the current location or to move from the speaker. When you put them together, "Healthy hands keep germs away" means that washing your hands can help keep you from getting sick.

Clean hands stop sickness.

Meaning: This sentence means that washing your hands can help keep you healthy.

Choice of Words: Clean means free from dirt or germs. Hands are the parts of our body we use to grab and hold things. Stop means to make something end or not happen. Sickness means the state of being sick or unwell. When you put them together, "Clean hands stop sickness" means that washing your hands can help keep you from getting sick.

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