Take a short break if needed.

Meaning: This is a simple instruction to take a short break if you feel tired or need a pause.

Choice of Words: The word take means to get or receive something, a short break refers to a brief period of rest or pause, and if needed means if it is necessary or desirable. Together, they express the idea of taking a brief rest if it is needed or desired.

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Go away.

Meaning: This means to ask someone to move or leave from where you are. It's like saying, Please move to a different place from me.

Choice of Words: Go is a verb that means to move or travel somewhere. Away means to create distance from the current location or to move from the speaker. When you put them together, "Go away" is a clear instruction asking someone to leave the area near the speaker.

Don't bother me.

Meaning: This means that you want someone to stop interrupting or annoying you. It's like saying, Please leave me alone and let me do my thing.

Choice of Words: Don't is a contraction of the words "do" and "not", which together mean to not do something. Bother means to disturb or annoy someone. Me is a pronoun that refers to the speaker. When you put them together, "Don't bother me" is a request to someone to stop bothering or annoying the speaker.

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