Wait for green, then you can cross.

Meaning: This means that you should wait until the traffic light turns green before crossing the street.

Choice of Words: Wait means to stay in one place until something happens. Green is a color. Cross means to move across something, like a street.

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Hold up until the green light, then go across.

Meaning: This means you should stop where you are until the traffic light turns green, then you can walk across the street.

Choice of Words: Hold up means to stop or wait for a short time. Until means until something happens. Green light is the traffic light that tells you it's safe to cross the street. Go across means to move from one side of the street to the other.

Stay put till the traffic light's green, then you can walk over.

Meaning: This means you should stay where you are until the traffic light turns green, then you can walk across the street.

Choice of Words: Stay put means to remain in one place. Till means until something happens. Traffic light's green is the traffic light that tells you it's safe to cross the street. Walk over means to move from one side of the street to the other.

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