Hard work always pays off.

Meaning: Putting in a lot of effort and energy in work consistently leads to positive results.

Choice of Words: Hard means requiring a lot of effort or energy. Work is an activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a result. Always means happening or existing at all times or without exception. Pays means to give money to someone in exchange for goods or services. Off means away from or not in contact with something.

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The more you practice, the better you'll become.

Meaning: This means that if you want to get better at something, you need to keep doing it and practicing regularly. It's like saying, If you want to become a better soccer player, you need to practice your skills every day.

Choice of Words: More means a greater amount or quantity. Practice is the activity of doing something over and over to improve your skills. Better means more skilled or improved. Become means to change or transform into something. When you put them together, "The more you practice, the better you'll become" means that the more you do something, the more proficient you will become at it.

If you don't try, you'll never know.

Meaning: This means that if you have a dream or goal, you should never give up on it. Even if you're afraid of failing, you should still try your best. Because if you don't try, you'll never know what you could have achieved. It's like saying, If you don't try out for the school play, you'll never know if you could have been the star.

Choice of Words: Don't is a contraction of the words "do" and "not", and it means to not do something. Try means to make an attempt or effort to do something. Never means not ever or at no time. Know means to have knowledge or understanding of something. When you put them together, "If you don't try, you'll never know" means that if you don't make an effort to do something, you will never find out what could have happened.

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