Floss after every meal.

Meaning: This means that you should floss your teeth after every meal to keep them clean. It's like saying, Flossing your teeth after every meal can help prevent gum disease.

Choice of Words: Floss is a thin thread that is used to clean between the teeth, after means following or coming later than, and meal is food that is eaten at a particular time. Flossing your teeth after every meal helps remove plaque and food particles, which can help prevent cavities and other dental problems.

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Clean your teeth after you eat.

Meaning: This means you should make your teeth free of any dirt or food particles after you have finished eating.

Choice of Words: Clean is a general term that means to make something free of dirt or impurities. Teeth are the hard, white structures in your mouth that you use to bite and chew food. After means that you should do something once a specific event has happened. Eat means to consume food. When you put them together, "Clean your teeth after you eat" is a clear instruction to clean your teeth after you have eaten.

Use the special string to clean between your teeth after you have finished eating.

Meaning: This means you should take the floss and use it to clean the spaces between your teeth after you have finished eating.

Choice of Words: Use means to employ or put something into action. Special string refers to the floss. Clean is a general term that means to make something free of dirt or impurities. Between means in the space that separates two things. Teeth are the hard, white structures in your mouth that you use to bite and chew food. After means that you should do something once a specific event has happened. Finished eating means that you have completed the act of eating. When you put them together, "Use the special string to clean between your teeth after you have finished eating" is a clear instruction to use the floss to clean between your teeth after you have eaten.

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