Close the door to keep the cold out.

Meaning: This sentence is telling someone to shut the door in order to stop the cold air from coming inside.

Choice of Words: To close something means to bring it together or cover it up. Door refers to the moving part of a doorway. Keep is used here to mean to prevent something from entering or leaving. Cold is the opposite of hot, and out means outside or away from something.

Alternative Expressions

Shut the door to block the cold.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it suggests that you should close the door quickly or forcefully.

Choice of Words: Shut is another word for close, but it can also mean to close something quickly or forcefully. Block means to stop something from moving or entering. When you put them together, "Shut the door to block the cold" means to close the door quickly or forcefully to make sure the cold air doesn't come in.

Seal the door to prevent the cold from entering.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it suggests that you should close the door completely so that no cold air can come in.

Choice of Words: Seal means to close something completely so that nothing can get in or out. Prevent means to stop something from happening. Entering means coming in. When you put them together, "Seal the door to prevent the cold from entering" means to close the door completely so that the cold air can't come in.

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