They provide us with oxygen and food.

Meaning: Trees give us oxygen to breathe and food to eat.

Choice of Words: Provide means to give something, Oxygen is a gas that we breathe, and Food is what we eat to live.

Alternative Expressions

They supply us with the air we breathe and the nourishment we consume.

Meaning: This means that something gives us the air we breathe and the food we eat to stay alive.

Choice of Words: Supply is a more formal way of saying provide. Air is the same as oxygen. Breathe is what we do to take in air. Nourishment is a more formal way of saying food. Consume is a more formal way of saying eat.

They give us the stuff we need to live.

Meaning: This means that something gives us the things we need to stay alive.

Choice of Words: Give is another way of saying provide. Stuff is a general term for things. Need means something that is necessary for survival. Live means to be alive.

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