Towel needs washing soon.

Meaning: After being used multiple times, a towel becomes dirty and needs to be washed in order to keep it clean and hygienic.

Choice of Words: Towel: a piece of cloth used for drying something; needs: to require something; washing: the act of cleaning something with water and soap; soon: in a short time.

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The towel is getting dirty and needs to be washed soon.

Meaning: This means that the towel is starting to get dirty and it needs to be cleaned with water and soap in a short time.

Choice of Words: Towel is a piece of cloth that is used to dry things. Getting means becoming or starting to be something. Dirty means not clean or having dirt or stains. Needs means to require or have to do something. Washed means to clean something with water and soap. Soon means in a short time.

It's time to wash the towel.

Meaning: This means that the right moment to clean the towel with water and soap has arrived.

Choice of Words: It's is a short way of saying it is. Time means the right moment or occasion to do something. Wash means to clean something with water and soap. The is used to refer to a specific towel that has already been mentioned or is known to both the speaker and the listener.

The towel needs a bath.

Meaning: This means that the towel requires to be cleaned with water and soap.

Choice of Words: Towel is a piece of cloth that is used to dry things. Needs means to require or have to do something. Bath means to wash oneself or something else with water and soap. A is used to refer to a single or unspecified bath.

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