Floss your teeth once a day.

Meaning: This means to clean your teeth by passing a thin thread between their parts one time during the day.

Choice of Words: Floss means to clean something by passing a thin thread between its parts. Your means belonging to you. Teeth are the hard white things in your mouth that you use to chew food. Once means one time. A means one. Day means the time from sunrise to sunset. When you put them together, "Floss your teeth once a day" means to clean your teeth by passing a thin thread between their parts one time during the time from sunrise to sunset.

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Use floss to clean your teeth every day.

Meaning: This means you should take floss and use it to clean between your teeth each and every day.

Choice of Words: Use means to take something and do something with it. Floss is a thin thread that you use to clean between your teeth. To means in order to or for the purpose of. Clean means to make something free of dirt or germs. Your means the teeth belong to you. Teeth are the hard, white parts in your mouth that you use to bite and chew food. Every means each and every. Day means 24 hours, or from sunrise to sunset.

Remember to floss between your teeth daily.

Meaning: This means you should keep in mind that you need to clean between your teeth with floss each and every day.

Choice of Words: Remember means to keep something in your mind. To means in order to or for the purpose of. Floss is a thin thread that you use to clean between your teeth. Between means in the space or gap between two things. Your means the teeth belong to you. Teeth are the hard, white parts in your mouth that you use to bite and chew food. Daily means each and every day.

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