Symptoms gradually started to improve.

Meaning: The patient's condition slowly started to get better.

Choice of Words: Symptoms are physical or mental signs of a disease or condition. Gradually is an adverb that means slowly and in stages. Started is a verb that means to begin or commence. To is a preposition that indicates the direction or purpose of something. Improve is a verb that means to become better or more satisfactory.

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The signs of being sick slowly started to get better.

Meaning: This means that the signs of being sick or having a medical condition are slowly getting better over time. It's like saying, The signs of your illness are slowly going away.

Choice of Words: Signs are something that you can see or notice that shows that something else is happening. Being sick means having an illness or medical condition. Slowly means happening gradually over a period of time. Started means began. To get better means to improve. When you put them together, "The signs of being sick slowly started to get better" means that the things you could see or notice that showed you were sick slowly began to improve.

It slowly started to get better when you were sick.

Meaning: This means that the signs of being sick or having a medical condition are slowly getting better over time. It's like saying, The signs of your illness are slowly going away.

Choice of Words: It refers to the signs of being sick or having a medical condition. Slowly means happening gradually over a period of time. Started means began. To get better means to improve. When you were sick means at the time when you had an illness or medical condition. When you put them together, "It slowly started to get better when you were sick" means that the signs of being sick or having a medical condition slowly began to improve at the time when you were sick.

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