Licking keeps ice cream cool.

Meaning: This means that licking ice cream helps to keep it cold.

Choice of Words: Licking means to pass your tongue over something. Keeps means to make something stay in a particular state. Cool means not hot.

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Licking helps ice cream stay cold.

Meaning: This means that when you lick ice cream, it helps keep it from melting and getting too warm.

Choice of Words: Licking means to use your tongue to taste something. Helps means to make something easier to do. Ice cream is a frozen dessert. Stay means to remain in the same place. Cold means not hot. When you put them together, "Licking helps ice cream stay cold" means that licking helps ice cream stay frozen and not melt.

When you lick ice cream, it stays cold.

Meaning: This means that when you lick ice cream, it helps keep it from melting and getting too warm.

Choice of Words: When means at the time that something happens. You means the person doing the action. Lick means to use your tongue to taste something. Ice cream is a frozen dessert. Stays means to remain in the same place. Cold means not hot. When you put them together, "When you lick ice cream, it stays cold" means that when you use your tongue to taste ice cream, it helps keep the ice cream frozen and not melt.

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