I brushed my teeth before bedtime.

Meaning: This means you cleaned your teeth before going to sleep.

Choice of Words: Brushed means to use a toothbrush to clean your teeth. Bedtime is the time when you go to sleep.

Alternative Expressions

I cleaned my teeth before going to sleep.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it uses different words to describe the action of cleaning the teeth.

Choice of Words: I is the person speaking, cleaned means to make something clean, my means belonging to the speaker, teeth are the hard white things in your mouth, before means earlier than a certain time, and going to sleep means preparing to fall asleep.

Before I went to bed, I brushed my teeth.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, but it changes the order of the words to emphasize that the speaker brushed their teeth before they went to bed.

Choice of Words: Before means earlier than a certain time, I is the person speaking, went means moved from one place to another, to means towards a certain place, bed is the place where you sleep, I is the person speaking again, and brushed means to clean your teeth with a toothbrush.

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