Những từ gây nhầm lần trong Tiếng Anh - Phần 11 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS ~ 11 - The war started between England and France. because, as, since, for - Students may commence a two-year Training study in a chosen You can use because, as, since, or for to give an explanation for something or to activity. explain why you say something. - The space-probe commenced taking a series of photographs. Because is the most commonly used word for giving a reason or motive for something, Start has some special meanings which are not shared by ‘begin’ or ‘commence’. ư someone asks a question beginning with ‘Why?’, you can reply using because. You can use start to say that someone makes an enginе or machine begin to work. You - I said I wouỉdn,t go.—“Why?—'Because I didn’t want to leave you.’ can also use start to say that somеопе creates a business or other organization. In - Why shouldn’t I come?’—'Because you’re too busy.’ stories, start is used to say that someone begins to move in a particular direction. If you .have said that something is the case and you want to say why it is the case, you - He couldn’t get his engine started. usually add a reason clause beginning with because. - He scraped up enough money to start his Hollywood restaurant. - She finally walked off and caught the bus, because she could not really afford to pay - They started down the street together. both Eileen and a taxi. GRAMMAR - 1 couldn’t see Helen’s expression, because her head was turned. Note that commепсе carmot be used with a ‘to’-infinitive. You can begin to do something, or start to do it, but you cannot ‘commence’ to do it. You can also use as or since to introduce a reason clause, especially in writing. - A brief note on The National Portrait Gallery’s character is necessary as the word believe, believe in ‘Gallery’can be misleading. If you believe something, you are convinced that it is true, even if you cannot prove it - I realize it wouldn’t be in my interests to deceive him since I planned to deal with his logically. You can believe a claim, believe that something will happen, or believe that bank for many years. something should be done. The reason clause is sometimes put first - No one ever believes the official answer. - As they have been on the winning side, they may have temptations to extend their - I believed that I was at the beginning ofa great adventure. borders. - The Government believes that such powers are essential. - Since evaporated milk is about twice the strength of fresh milk, you always dilute it If you believe in God, you believe that God exists. If you believe in ghosts, you with at least an equal amount of water. believe that there are ghosts. If you believe in something such as a system, you think If you want to say that there is a special reason for something, you can use words like that it works. If you believe in doing something, you think that it is the right thing to do. ‘especially’ or ‘particularly’ in front of as or since. When you do this, you put the - It’s natural to think of Europeans who believed in ghosts as ignorant. reason clause after the main clause. - Tâm Vy believes in love. - I was frightened when I went to bed, especially as my room was so far up. - The Kirks are a modern couple, and believe in dividing all tasks equally down the - It was nice to have someone to talk to, particularly as it looked as if I was going to be middle. there all night. beside, besides In stories, for is used to explain or justify something that has just been said. This is an If one thing is beside another, it is next to it or at the side of it . old-fashioned use. - His mother sat beside him, clutching her handbag. - After a while he seems to feel the need of company again, for he suddenly scrambles - Beside the shed was a huge wire bird cage. back into the kitchen. Besides means ‘in addition to’ or ‘as well as’. - The diet we gave her seemed satisfactory, for she grew well. - What languages do you know besides Arabic and English? begin, start, commence - Is there anything else wrong besides her heart? If you begin, start, or commence something, you do it from a particular time. There is - The farm possessed three horses besides Clover. little difference in meaning between these words, but commence is used in formal - Besides its own publications the works have handled many other magazines. English. It is not used in conversation. Besides can also be used as an adverb meaning ‘in addition to the thing just - I had been asked to chat to the kids before they began lessons for the day. mentioned’. - As they saw him coming they began to dance. - He needed so much else besides. - The meeting, then, is ready to begin. big, large, great - He tore the list from the pad and started a fresh list. Big, large and great can all be used to talk about size. They can all be used fr front of - Mrs Bixby put a hand up to her mouth and started backing away. count nouns, but only great can be used in front of uncount nouns. Thẩm Tâm Vy, August 25th, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 11.
2. Big is the word you usually use in conversation. brand, make, type - ‘Where” ~ ‘Over there by that big tree.’ The brand of a product such as soap or tea is the name given to it by the firm that - Ellen had a big bag of eggs. makes it. One firm may make several brands of a particular product. Brands are Large is more formal than big. usually products which do not last for a long time. - Except in large cities, specialist bookshops for childrens literature are few. - There used to be so many different brands oftea. - Countries which are planning to build medium-sized and/or large wind turbines over - Stein was most particular about soap and he had used this particular brandfor over the next few years include France and Holland. twenty years. You can use big, but not ‘large’, to suggest that something is important or impressive. The make of a car or of an electric appliance such as a radio or washing machine is - Chicago is to him the Big Town. the name of the company that makes it. You use make to refer to products which last - his influence over the big advertisers. for a long time. You normally use great to emphasize the importance of someone or something. - tests on different makes ofcar to establish resistance to bodywork stress. - the great English master of classical architecture, Inigo Jones. - She can spot the make of typewriter a secretary is using. However, great can also be used to emphasize size and impressiveness. If you talk about what type of product you want, you are saying what features it should - the beach ofa great curving bay in the west o England. have and what quality it should be. You do not only talk about types of goods; you can - Gardens lay wasted in order that great office blocks and car parks might take their also talk about types of people or abstract things. place. - You will have to decide which type of pram to choose. Both big and great can be used to emphasize the intensity of something. Great is - With a certain type ofactor that method can be quite effective. preferred in formal writing. - It’s a new type of bank account for young people and children. - You must find this a big change from the Navy, Mr Rutland. Note that if you ask someone what type of car they have, they could reply, for - Most of them act like big fools. example, ‘a saloon’ or ‘an estate’, ữ you ask what make of car someone has, they could - He switched from one task to another with great difficulty. reply, for example, ‘Ford’ or "Toyota’. - Effective analysis and recognized techniques can bring about a great improvement. briefly, shortly You use large or great to describe amounts. You do not use ‘big’. You use briefly to talk about things that happen for only a short period of time. For - She made a very large amount of money. example, if you see someone briefly, you do not seet them for very long. If you stay - drugs taken in large quantities. somewhere briefly, you stay there just for a short time. - Young people consume great quantities of chips. - The two men had met briefly once before. border, boundary, frontier - The Duke proposed to stay there briefly to rest his troops. A border is a line that separates two countries or other political regions such as states If you explain something briefly, you use very few words or give ѵегy few details. or counties. - She told them briefly what had happened. - Stanley wanted to spend the night across the Florida border. - Stephanie wrote briefly and delicately to Mrs Orton, suggesting a visit. - his parents’ crumbling ancestral home somewhere on the Welsh border. You use shortly and not ‘briefly’ to say when something happens. If something - So, legally or illegally, they crossed the border. happens shortly after something else, it happens soon after it. A boundary is a line that separates any two areas, for example towns, farms, or - Shortly after the break I was driven back to the hotel. countries. - She died shortly afterwards. - Matthews showed US a fine old hedge which once marked the parish boundary. - When I informed her we were shortly to sailfor New York, she looked distressed and - In international law, three miles is generally taken to be the boundary ofa country’s bewildered. airspace. You can also say that something happens shortly before something else. This is a You refer to a border as a frontier when it is guarded and separates countries which slightly old-fashioned use. have different political systems or are in dispute about something. - It happened shortly before my seventeenth birthday. - Milứary activity on the frontier diverted troops from their internal security role. • Ifyou speak shortly to someone, you speak in an impatient or slightly angry way. - I have to get off the train at the frontier and cross on foot between the guard posts. - ‘Good-bye, and thanks!' said Miss Jackson somewhat shortly, pushing open the wet A frontier can also be a limit beyond which nobody has explored or established gate. political rights. - Naturally,’ I said shortly. - Space will not be the last frontier, it will simply be the next frontier. to be continued Thẩm Tâm Vy, August 25th, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 11.