Những từ gây nhầm lần trong Tiếng Anh - Phần 15 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 15 Cities are usually large. Officially, a city has a charter which gives it certain tiresome, tiring privileges. This charter is given by the monarch in Britain, and in America by the state. A person or thing that is tiresome makes you feel annoyed, irritated, or bored. Most British cities have a cathedral. - some rather tiresome questions. - Life ỉn a smaller community may suit you better than that in a large city. - He was drumming on his knee in a way which his solicitor found peculiarly tiresome. the millions who have migrated to the cities because they could not survive on the - Mrs Partridge spoke patiently, as to a tiresome child. land. A task or a journey that is tiring makes you feel tired. van, lorry, truck - Our mother said we should have an early night after such a tiring day. A van is a vehicle that is used for carrying goods on roads. It has a roof, and no - I tried to remember that I had made a long and tiring journey. windows in the compartment where the goods are kept. Some vans are about the same toilet, lavatory, loo, wc, bathroom length as a car. others can be about a metre longer. In English, there is a wide range of words that refer to the bowl used by people when - Mind the patch of mud near the shed; the baker’s van got stuck in that last night. they want to get rid of waste from their bodies. The same words are used to refer to the - Delivery vans could hardly get through the traffic. room that contains the bowl. A lorry is also used for carrying goods on roads. It is larger than a van, and much The most widely used words in ordinary English are toilet and lavatory. Lavatory is larger than a car. slightly more formal. - Convoy after convoy of giant lorries thunders along the roads. - He asked to go to the toilet. - I almost hit the timber lorry before I even realised it was there. - To a child, the toilet is the most interesting room in any house. In American English, a vehicle like this is called a truck. - “Have you been to the lavatory?”, said my wife as we set off for Buckingham Palace. - Huge articulated trucks constantly arrive with thousands of turkeys. - The lavatories are through that door over there. - He had a fleet of freight hauling trucks that made him a fortune. In conversation, many British speakers use the word loo. above, over - The houses on the estate were clean, centrally heated, with indoor loos. Above and over are both used to talk about position and height. If something is higher - He absolutely refused (and still does) to clean the loo. than something else, but an imaginary line joining them is not vertical, you have to use The term wc is used mainly in writing when referring to a toilet as a facility, for above. example in advertisements for houses or hotels, wc stands for ‘water closet’. - The trees rose above the houses. - All rooms have an en-suite bathroom with wc, wash-basin and bath or shower. If you go over something, you cross it and get to the other side. - one cold water tap outside; outside wc leaks. - Castle stepped over the dog. A bathroom is a room with a bath, washbasin, and often a toilet, but many speakers, - a soaring seagull swooping over Central Park. especially Americans, talk about going to the bathroom to refer to going to the toilet. If you are wearing two items of clothing one on top of the other, you can say that you - One of the girls left to go to the bathroom. are wearing one over the other. - The kids had to go to the bathroom - you know how it is with kids. - Rudolph was wearing a sweater over a wool shirt, and a silk scarf. In some public buildings, the toilets are called the ‘cloakrooms’. You can use either above or over tf something is higher than something else and an - We went along together to the cloakroom, where there were still two or three girls imaginary line could be drawn vertically joining them. powdering their noses. - He opened a cupboard above the sink. - . the staff Cloakroom. - She leaned forward until her face was directly over the basin. Above and over are also both used to talk about measurements. town, city You use over to say that a distance or period of time is longer than the one mentioned. Towns and cities are areas covered in streets where people live and work, and where - The plane flew at a height of over twelve thousand feet. there are shops, offices, factories, schools, and places for entertainment. - So we had this beautiful relationship for over a year. Usually towns are smaller than cities, but a large number of people may live there. You can use above or over when you are talking about a point that is higher than - Fraserburgh is a bustling fishing town. another point, especially a point on a scale. - 'You know McCarthy?—In this town, everybody knows everybody.' - The amount of tax you should pay is determined by what you earn above a - They aimed to attract industry to the new towns. Certain figure. - Any money earned over that level is taxed at the rate of 59 per cent. Thẩm Tâm Vy, September 09, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 15
2. - In each case I want to know the height of the man. Everybody above five feet eight - Finally, the boy confessed that he had been lying throughout. inches is suspect. - The mother could not be persuaded to confess her previous error. Above and over are both used to talk about people’s ranks and importance relative to - It turned out that he’d confessed to Castle that he hadn’t gone to the dentist. others. If someone confesses to something such as a crime, they say they did it. You use above to talk about people who are more important and in a higher position - Bianchi had confessed to five of the murders. than other people. - They confess to murders they haven’t committed. - behaving as if she was in a position above even the staff, and certainly above us. - Three days after Mr Profumo confessed and resigned, Stephen Ward was arrested. If someone is over you, they give orders or instructions to you. You can also use both admit and confess in expressions like ‘I admit’, ‘I must - an officer set in authority over him admit’, ‘I confess’, and ‘I must confess’ when you mention a fact that embarrasses you accuse [đổ lỗi], charge [tố cáo] slightly or that you think might upset the person you are speaking to. If you accuse someone of doing something wrong, you say that they did it. For - Well, I’ll admit he seems harmless. example, someone can be accused of being dishonest, or of a fault like laziness. If - I have to admit that this has been only partially successful. someone has done something that is against the law, they can be accused of a crime - This is not a neat household, I confess. and put on trial in a court of law. - I must confess that, to put it plainly, I find him a bore. - He himself was accused of incompetence. alternately, alternatively - And then you would start crying and accusing us of not caring if you died. You use alternately to say that two actions or processes keep happening regularly - They were in great distress because they had been wrongfully accused of theft. after each other. - He is accused of killing ten young women. - Each piece of material is washed alternately in soft water and coconut oil. When the police charge someone or charge them with committing a crime, they - The little girl had alternately sulked and made scenes. formally accuse them of it. The police charge a person with a crime when they have You use alternatively to give a different explanation from one that has just been evidence that the person was responsible for it. You can also charge someone with mentioned, or to suggest a different course of action. things like not doing their duty or lying. You do not use ‘charge’ when referring to - Or alternatively was he short ofcash because he had never been to the Rosses' house minor faults. at all? - Colonel Burr was arrested by order of President Thomas Jefferson and charged with - Alternatively, change seats at once. treason. - He was arrested and charged with committing a variety of offences. apologize [xin lỗi], excuse oneself [xin thứ lỗi; viện cớ] - He was declared not responsible for the criminal acts with which he had been If you apologize to someone, you say that you are sorry for doing something that they charged. disapprove of, that upsets them, or that causes them trouble. - Mr Horta charged the premier with being politically weak. - He apologized for interrupting her and quickly left. admit [thừa nhận], confess [thú nhận] - Indeed not more than a week after her terrible accusations she apologized to If you admit something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing, you agree, usually rather Michaelfor what she had said. reluctantly, that it is true. You can admit that something is true, admit something, or - ‘If I hurt you, Гт sorry. —‘Don’t apologize’ admit to something. If you excuse yourself, you give reasons to justify something that you have done and - I would beforced to admit that I had used Ewen Waite’s gun. that other people might disapprove of. These reasons are often not very good ones. - He admitted that the mounting cost was a matter ofserious concern. - She was late for work every morning and excused herself by saying that she had - Boylan began to play. Rudolph had to admit he played well. overslept. - Again the manufacturers, employers and government were reluctant to admit the - What a fool he’d been to send her that expensive scarf to excuse himself for not danger. having kept the appointment. - She was obviously in considerable pain, but she wouldn’t admit it. • Note that you also excuse yourself when you explain that you have to leave someone - She admits to being difficult to live with. to go somewhere else. If you confess something, you say that you have done something you should not have - The doorbell rings. Lewis excuses himself and pushes through the crowd. done. Usually you feel regret or embarrassment when you confess something. You can confess that you have done something, confess something, or confess to someone. Thẩm Tâm Vy, September 09, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 15