Flossing removes food stuck between teeth.

Meaning: This means that flossing helps take away food that is stuck between your teeth.

Choice of Words: Flossing is a way of cleaning your teeth using a thin piece of string, removes means to take something away, food is what you eat, and stuck means firmly fixed in a place.

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Flossing is important for healthy teeth.

Meaning: This means that flossing is a very important thing to do if you want to have healthy teeth.

Choice of Words: Flossing is a way of cleaning your teeth. It's when you use a special string called dental floss to remove food and plaque from between your teeth. Important means something that is very necessary or valuable. Healthy means to be in good physical or mental condition. Teeth are the hard, white things in your mouth that you use to bite and chew food.

Flossing helps to prevent cavities.

Meaning: This means that flossing helps to stop cavities from forming in your teeth.

Choice of Words: Flossing is a way of cleaning your teeth. It's when you use a special string called dental floss to remove food and plaque from between your teeth. Helps means to make something easier or more likely to happen. Prevent means to stop something from happening. Cavities are holes in your teeth that can be caused by bacteria eating away at the tooth enamel.

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