The mouse ate the small cheese.

Meaning: This sentence describes a mouse eating a small piece of cheese.

Choice of Words: The word "ate" is the past tense of the verb "eat" and it means to put food into your mouth and swallow it. "Small" means being not large in size. "Cheese" is a food made from milk. So, "The mouse ate the small cheese" means the mouse put the not large in size food made from milk into its mouth and swallowed it.

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