Listen to the body, respect its limits.

Meaning: Pay attention to how your body feels and don't push yourself too hard.

Choice of Words: Listen means to pay attention to something with the intention of understanding it. Body refers to the physical structure of a person or animal. Respect means to show regard or consideration for someone or something. Limits are the boundaries or restrictions of something.

Alternative Expressions

Listen to your body and respect its limits.

Meaning: This means to pay attention to what your body is telling you and to not push yourself too hard. It's like saying, Pay attention to your body and don't do anything that will hurt you.

Choice of Words: Listen means to give attention to what someone or something is saying or expressing. Body is the physical structure of a person or animal, including the bones, muscles, and organs. Respect means to have a positive feeling towards someone or something and to treat them well. Limits are the boundaries or restrictions that are set for something. When you put them together, "Listen to your body and respect its limits" means to pay attention to what your body is telling you and to not push yourself beyond your limits.

Pay attention to what your body is telling you and don't push yourself too hard.

Meaning: This means to pay attention to what your body is telling you and to not push yourself too hard. It's like saying, Don't do anything that will hurt you.

Choice of Words: Pay attention means to give attention to something. What is a question word that refers to a thing or idea. Your body is the physical structure of a person or animal, including the bones, muscles, and organs. Is telling you means to communicate something to someone. Don't push yourself means to not try to do something that is too difficult or that you are not capable of doing. Too hard means very difficult. When you put them together, "Pay attention to what your body is telling you and don't push yourself too hard" means to pay attention to what your body is telling you and to not try to do something that is too difficult or that you are not capable of doing.

Don't do anything that will hurt you.

Meaning: This means to not do anything that will hurt you. It's like saying, Be careful and don't do anything that could get you hurt.

Choice of Words: Don't is a contraction of the words "do" and "not". Do is a verb that means to perform an action. Not is a negative word that means the opposite of something. Anything is a pronoun that refers to any object or thing. That is a relative pronoun that refers to something that has been mentioned before. Will hurt means to cause pain or injury. You is a pronoun that refers to the person or people being spoken to. When you put them together, "Don't do anything that will hurt you" means to not perform any action that will cause pain or injury to yourself.

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