Dirty hands, spread germs.

Meaning: If you don't wash your hands, you can spread germs to other people and make them sick.

Choice of Words: To "dirty" means to make something unclean or covered in dirt, and "hands" are the parts of the body that we use to hold and touch things. "Germs" are tiny living things that can make you sick.

Alternative Expressions

Unclean hands can transfer bacteria.

Meaning: This means the same thing as the first sentence, but it uses different words.

Choice of Words: Unclean is another word for dirty. Hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms that you use to grab and hold things. Can means that something is able to do something. Transfer means to move something from one place to another. Bacteria are tiny living things that can make you sick if they get into your body.

Hands with dirt can cause sickness to spread.

Meaning: This means the same thing as the first two sentences, but it uses different words.

Choice of Words: Hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms that you use to grab and hold things. With means that something is accompanied by something else. Dirt is a substance that is made up of small pieces of soil or other matter. Can means that something is able to do something. Cause means to make something happen. Sickness is a state of being unwell or ill. Spread means to move or cause something to move from one place to another.

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