Flossing keeps breath fresh.

Meaning: Flossing can help to prevent bad breath, which can be embarrassing and lead to social problems.

Choice of Words: Flossing is the act of cleaning between teeth with floss. Keeps means to maintain something in a particular state. Breath is the air that is inhaled and exhaled. Fresh means having a pleasant smell. Together, it means flossing maintains the breath in a pleasant-smelling state.

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Cleaning teeth with floss helps your breath smell good.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it uses more words to explain what flossing is and how it helps your breath.

Choice of Words: Cleaning means to make something clean or free from dirt or germs. Teeth are the hard, white things in your mouth that you use to chew food. Floss is a thin thread that you use to clean between your teeth. Helps means to make something easier or better. Smell means to use your nose to sense the odor of something. Good means to be pleasant or desirable. When you put them together, "Cleaning teeth with floss helps your breath smell good" means that flossing helps to make your breath smell nice.

Using floss to clean your teeth makes your breath smell better.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, but it uses different words to explain how flossing helps your breath.

Choice of Words: Using means to put something into action or to make use of it. Floss is a thin thread that you use to clean between your teeth. To clean means to make something clean or free from dirt or germs. Teeth are the hard, white things in your mouth that you use to chew food. Makes means to cause something to happen or to exist. Smell means to use your nose to sense the odor of something. Better means to be more good or desirable. When you put them together, "Using floss to clean your teeth makes your breath smell better" means that flossing helps to improve the smell of your breath.

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