Pages turn, minds expand.

Meaning: Reading books helps us learn and grow.

Choice of Words: Pages are the sheets of paper in a book. Turn means to move something around its axis or to change its direction. Minds are the centers of thought, emotion, and consciousness. Expand means to become larger or wider. When you put them together, it means that reading books can help us learn new things and grow as individuals.

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As you read, your mind grows.

Meaning: This means that reading helps us learn and get smarter.

Choice of Words: Read means to look at and understand the words on a page. As means at the same time as something else is happening. Your means belonging to you. Mind refers to the thinking part of a person's brain. Grows means to become larger or bigger. When you put them together, "As you read, your mind grows" means that while you are reading, your brain is learning and getting bigger.

The more you read, the smarter you get.

Meaning: This means that reading helps us learn and become smarter.

Choice of Words: More means a greater amount of something. Read means to look at and understand the words on a page. The is used to refer to something specific. Smarter means more intelligent or knowledgeable. Get means to obtain or receive something. When you put them together, "The more you read, the smarter you get" means that the more you read, the more intelligent and knowledgeable you become.

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