Wash hands after using bathroom.

Meaning: You should wash your hands after using the bathroom to prevent the spread of germs.

Choice of Words: "Wash" means to clean something with water and soap, "hands" are the parts of the body at the end of your arms that you use to hold things, "after" means following a particular time or event, and "bathroom" is a room in a house or building that contains a toilet and a sink.

Alternative Expressions

Clean your hands after you use the bathroom.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it is more specific about what you should do to clean your hands. It's like saying, Please make sure your hands are free of dirt or germs after you have used the bathroom.

Choice of Words: Clean means to make something free of dirt or germs. Your means belonging to you. Hands are the parts of your body that you use to grab things. After means something that happens later in time. You refers to the person who is being spoken to. Use means to do something with something. Bathroom is a room in a house or building where there is a toilet and a sink. When you put them together, "Clean your hands after you use the bathroom" means to make your hands free of dirt or germs after you have used the bathroom.

Make sure your hands are clean after you go to the bathroom.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, but it is more emphatic. It's like saying, Please be certain that your hands are free of dirt or germs after you have used the bathroom.

Choice of Words: Make means to cause something to happen. Sure means to be certain of something. Your means belonging to you. Hands are the parts of your body that you use to grab things. Are is a verb that means to exist or to be. Clean means to make something free of dirt or germs. After means something that happens later in time. You refers to the person who is being spoken to. Go means to move or travel somewhere. Bathroom is a room in a house or building where there is a toilet and a sink. When you put them together, "Make sure your hands are clean after you go to the bathroom" means to be certain that your hands are free of dirt or germs after you have used the bathroom.

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