Сonfusing words
1. The bank manager has agreed to borrow/lend me another $5,000.
borrow
lend
2. My brother is very tall/high.
high
tall
3. The cost of life/living increased
by 80% last year.
life
living
4. Can you tell/say the
difference between these two products?
say
tell
5. Last week there was an outburst/outbreak of the bird flue.
outburst
outbreak
6. Some employees have a long travel/journey to work every day.
travel
journey
7. Which measurement/measure should
I take first – the width or the length of the room?
measurement
measure
8. He is a real ache/pain in
the neck.
ache
pain
9. We expected/waited our
guests to come at 6 p.m.
expected
waited
10. First study/learn the
manual and then use the computer.
study
learn
11. I’ve got her business card, but I
don’t memorize/recall meeting her at all.
memorize
recall
12. I wonder if you could do/make me a favour.
do
make
13. I wanted to ask Bob a question, but he
was wide/fast asleep.
wide
fast
14. Your choice of friends is most regretful/regrettable.
regretful
regrettable
15. I have been sitting by myself/on my own.
by myself
on my own
16. Mary is a very strong/intense person who cares deeply about
everything.
strong
intense
17. The speaker or writer infers/implies something, and the listener or
reader infers/implies it.
infers/implies
implies/infers
18. We have had to postpone/cancel our vacation until September.
postpone
cancel
19. The plane was put off/delayed by an hour due to a blizzard.
put off
delayed
1. to lend means to give someone the possession or
use of something for a limited time (давать взаймы)
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to borrow means to take something for a certain
time (брать взаймы): Can I borrow $1,000 from the bank?
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2. tall people and things are those that are narrow
as well ashigh (a tall tree)
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but: a high
building/ceiling/mountain.
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3. living (here) is a standard one reaches in food,
drink, etc.,
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life is nearly always an active force that
enables a plant, an animal, a person, etc. to continue existing.
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4. to tell (here) means to show or to recognize:
tell the time
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to say means to pronounce sounds or words
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5. outbreak means a sudden appearance or
beginning of something bad: an outbreak of desease/war
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outburst means a sudden powerful expression of
feeling or activity («взрыв»): outburst of weeping/laughter
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6. journey is a trip of some distance, usually by
land
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travel usually suggests traveling for long
distances and long periods of time: He came home after years of foreign
travel
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7. measurement means the act of measuring a length,
height, etc.
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measure is an amount in a system for calculating
size, weight, etc.: An hour is a measure of time
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8. pain the expression means that he is the person
who causes annoyance or displeasure («головная боль»)
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ache usually means a continuous dull pain:
headache
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9. to expect means to think that someone will come or
that something will happen
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to wait means to stay until someone comes or
something happens: Our guests were late and we had to wait.
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10. to study means to spend time in learning
something
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to learn means to gain knowledge of something or
memorize: She is learning how to play the piano
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11. to recall means to remember
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to memorize means to learn and remember on purpose:
He memorized the list of names.
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12. you
usually do an action and makesomething that was not there before.However,
there are many fixed expressions and there is no rule about these.do a
favour, do one’s best, do without something , to do the shopping/one’s
exercises
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you
usually make a noise/a fire; make a war, make friends, make up your
mind
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13. fast asleep means sleeping deeply
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wide may mean completely/fully: I was wide
awake until two o’clock at night.
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14. regrettable means that one should feel sorry
about it (досадно)
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regretful means that someone should be unhappy at
the loss of something, at a sad event, etc. (полный сожаления): He said he was not regretful about leaving
the university.
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15. by myself means completely alone
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on my own also means without help: I can’t carry
it on my own; it’s too heavy.
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16. intense means strong in quality or feeling
(hatred, heat, pain)
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strong would mean having power, esp. of the
body: She was not very strong after her illness.
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17. credulous means too willing to believe, esp.
without real proof (легковерный)
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credible means deserving or worthy of belief;
trustworthy (заслуживающий доверия): a credible news report.
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18. to imply means to express indirectly, to suggest
(намекать): His remarks implied that he had not enjoyed
the trip.
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To infer means to reach an opinion after thinking
about something (делать вывод): I infer from your letter that you do not
wish to see us.
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19. to postpone means to move to some later time (откладывать)
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to cancel means to give up or call off a planned
activity (отменять): She cancelled (AmE canceled) her trip.
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20. to delay means to do something later than
planned
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to put off means to move to some later time.
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