Những từ gây nhầm lần trong Tiếng Anh - Phần 13 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. - I have answered every single question. My opponent has answered none. ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 13 - Part time assistance is a lot better than none at all. nervous, irritated If you are nervous, you are worried and tense, and may behave in a frightened way. notable, noticeable You might be nervous tf you have to take an examination or have to make a speech in If you describe something as notable, you mean that it is important, interesting, or public. remarkable. A notable writer, for example, is a good writer whose work is worth - Colin’s driving made her nervous. reading; a notable exception is an exception which is important. Notable is a fairly - It was the first time I had ever been in front of a TV camera, and I was so nervous I formal word. could barely keep the quaver out of my voice. - One of the notable historians of the period is Adam Ulam. - A funny little nervous halfsmile appeared on bandy’s mouth. - Most of the foods we eat do contain small amounts of protein, notable exceptions If you are irritated, you are annoyed by something which you cannot prevent or stop. beingfat, sugar and alcohol. You might be irritated if someone is making too much noise or if a machine keeps - The most notable quality of a convention is its sheer tedium. breaking down. Something that is noticeable is easy to hear, see, or recognize because it is so - My father had called me twice, and he sounded irritated. obvious. - ‘How long have you been watching me?’ the little man asked in an irritated voice. - The years had made a noticeable change in Muller - his hair was almost white now. - Effects such as pollution and ecological damage begin to become noticeable. none, neither - The teachers reported а noticeable increase in the amount of reading done by the You use none to refer to three or more people or things when you are making a pupils. negative statement that applies to all of them. - None could afford the books orfood. notice, observe, pay attention - The bomb exploded and knocked out a few men. Luckily, none were killed. If you notice something, you become aware of it by seeing it or by using your other You can also use none of followed by a pronoun or noun group. senses. - None of them had learned anything about the teaching of reading. - I noticed she was wearing a new dress. - None of his black companions answered. - I noticed a new tranquillity about him. You use neither to refer to each of two people or things when you are making a - I have noticed that yourfather is not asfriendly towards me as he used to be. negative statement that applies to both of them. Observe can be used with the same meaning as notice. However, observe is a rather - Neither had close female friends at the university. formal word. - She chose first one, then another, but neither was to her satisfaction. - Glancing cautiously about the room, she observed a threadbare rug and afew pieces You can also use neither of followed by a pronoun or noun group. ofsadly shabby furniture. - Neither of them spoke again for a long while. - The Count, I observed, had a mildly speculative expression on his face. - Neither of these extremes is desirable. You also use observe to talk about watching someone or something deliberately and • You can also use neither immediately in front of a singular count noun. very carefully. - Militarily, neither side can win. - A half dozen spectators gathered on the outside to observe the proceedings. - He will stand well back in order to observe you from a distance. no, none If you pay attention to someone or something, you watch or listen with great You use no in front of nouns to mean ‘not any’ or ‘not one’. For example, you might concentration, especially in order not to miss anything. say that you have no time or no stamps. - For the first time he paid attention to the driver. - Have I not just told you that I had no extra information? - I was not paying attention to what was going on. - There was no moon that night. - We saw no houses, no smoke, nofootprints, no boats, no people. now, at present, presently - He has given no reasonfor his decision. You can use both now and at present to talk about things as they are at the time when You use none instead of a noun group that begins with ‘no’ to indicate that there are you mention them. not any of the things or people that you have already mentioned. Now may refer to a period of time or to a particular moment. - Occasionally a new star would appear in the sky where none had been detected - She gradually built up energy and is now back to normal. before. Thẩm Tâm Vy, September 3rd, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 13
2. - I’m feeling much better now. - They refuse to face any ofthe practical difficulties that would come from changing - I’m going home now. things. At present refers to a period of time and may imply that the situation may change. At Ideas, methods, and plans that are practical are realistic and produce good results or present is quite formal. are likely to produce good results. - I don’t want to get married at present. - He may well be able to suggest practical ways round a financial difficulty. - At present there is a world energy shortage. - How long will it be before nuclear fusion becomes practical? Presently means ‘quite soon’. For example, if something is going to happen quite Something that is practicable is capable of being carried out successfully. soon, you can say that it will happen presently.This use is slightly old-fashioned. Practicable is a formal word. - The Prince of Wales will be here presently. - It would be perfectly practicable for us to get married in England. - I shall have more to say presently. - State intervention to aid private industry was both practicable and beneficial. Presently is sometimes used in the same way as at present. present, actual - Leningrad, presently a city of four million. Present is used in front of a noun to indicate that you are talking about things as they - American and Japan are presently working on chips which will hold a million words. are now, rather than how they used to be or will be in the future. Some speakers of English find this use of ‘presently’ unacceptable. - The present system has manyfailings. • You cannot use ‘actually’ to talk about things as they are at the tune when you - Economic planning cannot succeed in present conditions. mention them. You use now, at present, or less commonly presently. You also use present in front of a noun to indicate that you are talking about the power, strength person who has a job, role, or title now, rather than someone who had it in the past or If you say a person or an organization has power, you usually mean that they are able will have it in the future. to control other people and their activities. - The present chairperson is a woman. - It gave the President too much power. . - Zanussi’s new film about the present Pope. - The military authorities are refusing to hand over power. You do not use ‘actual’ to describe things as they are now. You use actual to You do not usually say that someone who has well-developed muscles has ‘power’. emphasize that the place, object, or person you are talking about is the real or genuine The word you use is strength. pulled with all his strength. one. - They wouldn’t have had the strength to drag it back to the village - The predicted results and the actual results are very different. - 'This glancing blow would havefelled most men, but Parker had exceptional strength. - The interpretation bore no relation to the actual words spoken. Instead of talking about the power of a person or organization, you can say that they priceless, worthless, valueless are powerful. If you say that something such as jewellery or a work of art is priceless, you mean that - Until his illness, President Botha was by far the most powerful and popularfigure in it is extremely valuable and worth a great deal of money. white South African politics. - The place is crammed with priceless carvings and statuettes. - They organize themselves in powerful and effective trade unions. - the priceless collection of the Byzantine emperors. Instead of talking about someone’s strength, you can say that they are strong. If you say that something is worthless, you mean that it is of no value or use. - She was small and frail-looking, but deceptively strong. - The promises made between Cochise and the government would be worthless. - His strong arms were around me, pinning me down. - The goods are often worthless by the time they arrive. Powerful is sometimes used with a similar meaning to strong. The synonym of worthless is valueless. - He had broad shoulders and powerful arms. - valueless currency - a powerful man - Her shares in the company have become valueless. practical, practicable - Some of the royal forests had become valueless as hunting grounds. You use practical to talk about what happens in real life rather than in theory. A - We thought the chair was an antique worth a lot of money, but it turned out to be a practical example is one that might really happen. A practical difficulty is one that valueless replica. actually has to be dealt with. - On most political issues, my own opinion was pretty well valueless. - Let’s take a practical example of what one group of workers did. to be continued Thẩm Tâm Vy, September 3rd, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 13