Sweep after dinner.

Meaning: This means to clean the area with a broom once the evening meal is finished.

Choice of Words: Sweep is the verb that means to clean an area with a brush or broom. After indicates that one action will happen following another action. Dinner is the main meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening. Here, 'sweep' is the action to be performed 'after' dinner.

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Clean the floor after you eat.

Meaning: This means to make the floor clean after you have finished eating.

Choice of Words: Clean is a general term that means to make something clean or free from dirt or mess. The floor is the surface of a room that you walk on. After means later in time. You eat means when you finish eating. When you put them together, "Clean the floor after you eat" is an instruction to make the floor clean after you have finished eating.

Use a broom to remove dirt from the floor when you're done eating.

Meaning: This means to use a broom to get rid of dirt from the floor after you have finished eating.

Choice of Words: Use means to put something into action or service. A broom is a tool with a long handle and bristles used for sweeping. To remove means to take away or get rid of something. Dirt is any unwanted or unclean substance. From means to move away from something. The floor is the surface of a room that you walk on. When means at the time that something happens. You're done eating means when you have finished eating. When you put them together, "Use a broom to remove dirt from the floor when you're done eating" is an instruction to use a broom to get rid of dirt from the floor after you have finished eating.

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