Những từ gây nhầm lần trong Tiếng Anh - Phần 12 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS – 12 adjective, whole is preceded by a determiner such as ‘the’ or ‘this’ or by a possessive worth, value such as ‘my’ or ‘her’, and followed by a singular noun. If something is worth an amount of money, that is the amount you would get for it tf - ‘Why do I have to go?’—‘The whole class is going. ’ you sold it. - The response was so great that a whole page had to be given over to readers’ letters. - The lens alone was worth about £100. - Koch applied his whole weight to the brake pedal. - Two chairs like that must be worth at least a thousand pounds up in London. The whole of is also followed by a singular noun. In formal or literary English, you can talk about the worth of a person, meaning their - throughout the whole of the industrialized world. usefulness, or importance. - The whole of the right-hand side ofhis suit was black with blood. - true knowledge of the other’s worth and a profound awareness of their individual Like whole, all can be used to talk about something that is being considered as a existence. complete, single thing. All and all of are followed by a determiner such as ‘the’ or - This job has robbed me of all worth. ‘this’, or a possessive such as ‘my’ or ‘your’ and a singular noun. They cannot be You can also use value to talk about how useful or important a person is. Value is also followed by ‘a’ or ‘an’. used with things such as qualities and plans. - A point of gold appeared above the sea and at once all the sky lightened. - She is beautiful, but my concerns are ofher true value as my son’s wife. Is she a - That means you’ll lose all your investment. strong, hard worker? - A few minutes later Louison was pedalling down the drive with all the force his - Everyone realizes the value ofsincerity. frightened legs could muster. - Their task was to ensure that no information ofpositive military value to the enemy - want to thank the people of New York for all their help. was sent out. All and all of are also used to talk about a complete set of separate parts considered When you talk about the value of something that you can own such as a house or car, together. All and all of are followed by a determiner such as ‘the’ or ‘these’, or a you mean the amount of money that someone will pay for it. You do not talk about the possessive such as ‘your’ or ‘their’ and a plural noun. All can also be followed by a 'worth' of something that someone owns. plural noun on its own. - What would you say is the value of this property today? - Page wanted all of the people to be there. - They paid 28 percent above market value for it. - All of the defendants were proved guilty. - The value of the horse is now in excess of £500,000. - Few children nowadays have all these advantages in their own home. wood, woods, forest - All airlines kept uniformed representatives at airport post offices. A wood is a large area of trees growing close to each other. Note that in front of plural nouns whole has a different meaning from all. It is used to - It was cool and dark inside the wood. give emphasis. For example, if you say ‘All the streets are deserted’, you mean that - At last we entered the cool beech wood through which the Squire’s drive twisted. every street is deserted. If you say ‘Whole streets are deserted’, you mean that some streets are completely deserted. - I told her I had heard her talking in the wood. If you talk about a particular wood, you can also call it ‘the woods’. want, wish - I have to search the woods for hazel branches. If you want something, you feel a need for it or a desire to have it. - a brisk walk through the nearby woods. - He could have a lawyer if he wanted one. - We rushed out of the woods and down the hill. - If you want the job, it’s yours. A forest is an extremely large area of trees. Forests are usually a long way from towns - The boy here wants a canary. and cities. - ties and shirts that nobody wants. - They had their picnic in a clearing in the forest. You can also use a ‘to’-infinitive after want. You can say that you want to do - This would destroy the Amazon forest, believed to provide a quarter of the world’s something, that you want someone to do something, or that you want something to oxygen supply. happen. - I want to get out of here. whole, all - He dropped his wallet and I want to give it to him. Whole is used to describe something that is being considered as a complete, single - He wanted actors to perform his plays as though they were musical scores. thing, rather than being considered to be made up of a set of individual parts. As an - I do not want the garden to go jungly. Thẩm Tâm Vy, September 02, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 12
2. You use wish with a ‘to’-infinitive with the same meaning as want. However, this is a When you are talking about the system in a different city, you put the name of the city formal use. in front of the word underground; for example, ‘the Stockholm underground’. - She said that she wished to consult him about her future. - They travelled a little way together on the Underground. - He did not have to answer questions if he did not wish to. - If you have a lot of luggage it will be difficult to travel by bus or underground. - I felt I was hearing everything that Mozart wished me to hear. - the Berlin underground. - She added that she wouldn’t wish him to be an artist unless he were a great one. In London, the underground also has an informal name, the Tube. In stories, people sometimes say that they wish for something when they want it. - When I come by Tube it takes about an hour. Sometimes they are talking about their secret desires. - Our car was stolen from a Tube station car park. - So your husband wishes for a son. - It was still raining, but I walked to the tube instead of spending money on a taxi. - Whatever they wished for, they asked for, and it was brought. In American English, a railway system like this is not called the ‘underground’. It is - He was afraid, because he had so often wished for his father’s death. called the subway. Wish is normally followed by a ‘that’-clause. If you wish that something was the - They had acted as consultants for the original New York subway at the start of the case, you would like it to be the case, although you know it is unlikely or impossible. century. - I wish I could offer a magic solution to yourproblem. - She couldn’t find a taxi so she took the Eighth Avenue subway uptown. - I wish I lived near London. In some other cities, especially Paris, the underground railway is called the metro. - He wished he had phoned for a cab. - I travelled south on the Metro. valuable, invaluable, valueless - the Moscow metro system. If something such as jewellery is valuable, it is worth a lot of money. - a new metro system is being built in HCM City. - This collection is the biggest and most valuable assembly of works of art ever given • In both British and American English, a subway is also a path for pedestrians under a busy road. to the nation by an individual. - She collected vintage cars and built up a valuable stamp collection. under, underneath, below, beneath If something such as help or advice is valuable, it is very useful. If something is under, underneath, below, or beneath another thing, it is in a lower - After-school play centres are valuable for all children. position than the other thing. - He could give me valuable information. You use under or underneath when you can imagine a straight vertical line joining Invaluable is not the opposite of ‘valuable’. If you say that someone or something is the two things, or when one thing covers the other. invaluable, you mean that they are extremely good and useful. - Did you put some newspapers under that clock? - The training they receive is considered invaluable experiencefor a career infinance. - We squeezed under the wire and into the garden. - Their evidence could be invaluable in proving that the accident was caused by - The space under the bed was suffocating. negligence. - To help you with this, put a cushion underneath you. If you say that something is valueless, you mean that it is not useful, effective, or - Now the spider’s underneath your dress. worth anything. Below is usually used to say that one thing is at a much lower level than another. - involvement in valueless activities. - She would ring later to get the phone number in the call box below their flat. - He knew an advertising campaign, however inspired, was valueless without the - Below the house the beach is long and shelving. muscle of an organization behind it. - Down below in the valley the chimneys were smoking. - the government’s sudden decision to declare half the banknotes in the country Beneath has a similar meaning to under or below, but it is used mainly in writing. valueless. - the warm and sluggish river flowing past the Embankment beneath his window. underground, tube, subway, metro - They searched everywhere, in the cupboards, under the carpets, beneath floorboards In British English, a railway system in which electric trains travel below the ground in and mattresses, even in the bathroom and kitchen. tunnels is usually called an underground or underground system. People using a - Far beneath them, the trees of theforest sighed in the breeze. particular underground system usually refer to it as ‘the Underground’. [See “above’, ‘over’, the opposites] to be continued Thẩm Tâm Vy, September 02, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 12