Những từ gây nhầm lần trong Tiếng Anh - Phần 14 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 14 A fight is a disagreement between angry people. They may know each other or they road, street may not. It can involve physical violence, but it does not always do so. Using the word Both roads and streets are routes used by people on foot and in vehicles to get from fight for a disagreement which does not involve violence is more common in one place to another. Both road and street can be used in names. American English and in informal British English. Roads are found in the country, in villages, and in towns and cities. Roads sometimes - A vicious fight appeared to be going on. have buildings on each side. - She doesn't like this guy Гт going out with. We get into terrible fights. - Miss Clare was waiting outside her gate, just before the road bends to Beech Green. An argument is a disagreement between people who may know each other or who - Villages are short of schools, health clinics, roads - and so they are short of jobs for may not. People are sometimes reasonable during an argument, but they can become teachers, nurses, engineers. angry. - Windsor Road. - Immediately an argument broke out about the wisdom of the decision. All the routes in a country can be called its roads when you talk about them all - Touring the two days’ visit, we had quite a few friendly arguments. together, even those that have ‘Street’ in their names. - I’m sorry about this but there’s nothing lean do right now. Any argument willjɑʊʊust - In 1976 there were 14.5 million cars and taxis on the country’s roads. worsen things. - The ancient ruins were accessible by road. . Row, quarrel, and fight are also used as verbs with the same meanings. The verb Streets are found in towns and cities, and have buildings on each side. related to argument is argue. - the tacky, unimaginative shop fronts that lined the main street. - They went into the café across the street. rule, regulation, law Routes that have ‘Street’ in their name are usually in the centre of a town or city. Rules, regulations, and laws tell people what they are allowed to do and what they - I left the office in Pine Street and started towards Broadway. must not do in particular places and particular circumstances. - the little eighteenth-century houses along Palace Street. Regulations are made by an official organization or authority and are written down. - The ‘High Street’ is the main street in a town, where all the most important shops They are intended to control the way people behave or how things are done. For are located. example, the army’s regulations say what a soldier’s duties are and the things a soldier - On the east side ofthe High Street, opposite the Cathedral, is London Bridge Station. must not do. Planning regulations control the construction of new buildings and the - Wapping High Street. sort of buildings which are acceptable in particular places. All the routes in a town or city can be called its streets when you talk about them all - I asked my secretary to get copies of all the relevant prison regulations. together, even those that have ‘Road’ in their names. - This regulation does not apply to graduate students. - In Oxford the rain had cleared the streets, and only buses and cars splashed through - The Council points out that planning regulations have been altered to favour them. developers. - The two men walked slowly down the street. If you are speaking or writing less formally, you can use rule instead of ‘regulation’.  When writing addresses, you often abbreviate ‘Road’ to ‘Rd’, and ‘Street’ to ‘St’. - There are strict rules governing the killing and cooking of kangaroo. - One important rule is that the au pair's working day should last no more than five row /rɑʊ/, quarrel, fight, argument hours. When people disagree and argue with each other, you can say that they have a row, a You use rule when talking about games such as chess. quarrel, a fight, or an argument. - the rules of chess. A row is a disagreement between angry people who know each other well. A row - You don’t need to know the rules of the game to enjoy it. usually involves a lot of shouting. Row is an informal word. Rules do not have to be written down. They can be an informal agreement about how - They had not spoken since the row on Saturday. something should be done. - We had big rows, he got very angry and violent with me. - Rules about bedtime are made by vote. - There was one hell of a row when they came on andfound the double bass wrecked. - He lives as someone in another ‘pretend’family, with its own rules about washing A quarrel is a disagreement between angry people, usually between people who know and mealtimes. each other. A quarrel can continue over a long period of time. Laws are made by governments and rulers. They are written down and apply to all the - If he were to continue it would only lead to another quarrel and more tears. people in a country. They say what is and what is not a crime and how citizens are - It was thefirst prolonged quarrel between Churchill and Beaverbrook. required to act in their dealings with each other. Thẩm Tâm Vy, September 7th, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 14
2. - We shall need more stringent laws against pollution. satisfactory, satisfying - Health and safety laws are enforced by inspectors. If something is satisfactory, it is as good as it needs to be. Note that satisfactory often Certain sports also call their rules laws. follows an adverb. For instance, if you say that something is ‘very satisfactory’ or - the Rugby Union's laws ‘highly satisfactory’, you mean that it is very good and that you are pleased about it. - I find this method very satisfactory. safety [an toàn], security [an ninh] - It produces highly satisfactory results in the hands of competent teachers. You use safety to talk generally about being protected from harm or danger. If you are - Do you want to stay, then? Will the room be satisfactory for you? worried about someone’s safety, you are worried that they might have an accident or be - There is no satisfactory, scientific explanation. attacked. If you are worried about the safety of a ladder, you are worried that it might If something is satisfying, it gives you a feeling of pleasure and fulfilment cause an accident If you are worried about the safety of a drug, you are worried that it - It had been a busy but satisfying day for Tom Hagen. might have bad side effects. - Linda cut the cotton with a satisfying snip ofthe scissors. - I was more concerned for his safety than I was for my own. - The school wants to respect your child and to offer him a satisfying social and - We need to clearly establish the employers’ responsibilityfor health and safety at intellectual experience. work. - Professor Goldberg, Chairman ofthe Committee on Safety of Medicines, stated: ‘No sea, ocean drug is completely safe. ’ The sea is the salty water that covers about three-quarters of the earth’s surface. You use security to talk about the precautions that are taken to protect someone or Sometimes the sea is referred to as the seas, especially in literary English. something from attack or something from being stolen. For example, if you are worried - The underlying belief has been that since the sea is so big no harm can come to it. about the security of your property, you are worried that someone might attack it or Unfortunately this is not true. steal it. - So she shaded her eyes and looked out to sea. - You may want travellers cheques which have the advantage of considerable security - They had funfishing in the river, throwing stones into the sea, baking spuds over a against theft. log fire. - The Queen’s visit has been marked by tight security. - Much of his income, however, came from lobster fishing in the treacherous seas The security of a country is the measures it takes to prevent attacks and spying. around Lang Co. - He argued that security depended upon disarmament and the co-operation offree A sea is a large separate area of this salty water, usually partly surrounded by land. It people. normally has a name which includes the word Sea. Some seas can be entirely - He was still regarded by the U.S. Government as a possible threat to national surrounded by land. security. - natural gas, discovered in large quantities beneath the North Sea. - semi-enclosed water bodies such as the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea. salary [tiền lương], wages [tiền công] - Sewage waste poured into rivers and seas. If you are employed, your employer pays you a salary or wages for doing your job. - They got as far as Persia, via Volga and the Caspian Sea. A salary is the amount of money that someone is paid each month or year, although An ocean is one of the five very large areas of salty water on the earth’s surface: the they actually get a certain amount each month. In the past, it was only people with Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, and the professional or non-manual jobs who received salaries. A person’s salary is usually Antarctic Ocean. paid directly into their bank account or paid to them by cheque. - Within about 1,000 miles of the equator the upper layers of the ocean are about 35 - In a good year, a top executive’s bonus can outstrip his annual salary. degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the deeper waters. - The state provides 85 per cent of teachers’ salaries and certain standard equipment. - My family have been traders and merchants in the Indian Ocean for centuries. Wages are usually paid once a week. In the past, manual and non-skilled workers In literary language you can refer to the sea as the ocean or the oceans. received wages. Nowadays they may receive either wages or a salary. A person’s - This creature lies in the depths of the ocean. wages may be paid to them in cash or by cheque, or the money may be paid directly - The wind was the same wind that blew in China, blowing across oceans, valleys, and into their bank account. mountain ranges. - My husband was head horseman at Round Wood Farm and when we married his wages were 13 shillings a week. to be continued - They hated working underground, but the wages seemed high to them. Thẩm Tâm Vy, September 7th, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 14