Những từ gây nhầm lần trong Tiếng Anh - Phần 18 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. - if your courier is careless and leaves the coach unlocked. ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 18 - He was careless and inefficient and drank too much. cancel, postpone, delay If you are careful, you do things properly and with a lot of attention. Careful is the If you cancel an arrangement or an appointment, you stop it from happening. You opposite of careless. usually do not make any new arrangements. - I showered slowly, being careful not to wet my soreface. - The airport closed again. All flights were cancelled to andfrom Glasgow. - He watched all this with the most careful attention. - The performances were cancelled because the leading man was ill. carry, wear, put on If you postpone an arrangement or an appointment, you make new arrangements for it When you carry something, you move it from one place to another without letting it to happen at a later time. touch the ground. - The flight has been postponed until eleven o’clock. - ‘I can't carry any more wood,’ said Eric. ‘I’m tired.’ - Could you postpone your departureforfive minutes? - The man got up and sauntered through, carrying an open beer can. If you delay something that has been arranged, you make it happen later than - I carried my dancing shoes in а lưtle box. planned. When you are dressed in your clothes you say that you are wearing them. You do not - Try and persuade them to delay some ofthe changes. say that you ‘carry’ clothes or shoes when you are dressed in them. - The flight had been delayed one hour, due to weather conditions. - She wore a plaid shirt, bluejeans and sneakers. If something delays you, you start or finish something later than you planned. - He is a dynamic little man who wears a bow tie. - Suppose there is some accident which delays you. - He wore green suede shoes. - I’m afraid I was slightly delayed. - Tracey is wearing a simple black dress. Other words - What are you wearing to Caroline's wedding? English also uses a number of phrasal verbs to express the idea of doing things at a - Some musicians don't like to wear rings when they're playing. later time or not at all. For example, if you cancel a meeting, you can also say that you - He wears glasses for reading. ‘call it off’. If you postpone a meeting, you ‘put it off’. If a meeting is delayed, it is - She wears very little makeup. ‘held up’. Phrasal verbs are more common in speech than in written English. - The minister wore a confident smile throughout the interview. capacity, capability - When she's working she wears her hair in a ponytail. The capacity of something is the amount that it can hold or produce. - You should wear your hair up (= so that it does not hang down) more often - it - The pipeline has a capacity of 1.2 million barrels a day. suits you. - In all countries military security requires economic capacity to be developed. - Are you wearing a new perfume? A person’s capacity is their ability to do something well. If you put something on, you cover part of your body with clothes, shoes, make-up, or - Monty, as I soon realised, had no more capacity for figures than Jeremy had. something similar:. Put on is a synonym of ‘wear’. If a man is self-employed, he can adjust his performance to his capacities. - Put your shoes on - we're going out. - The capability of a country, machine, or person is their ability to do a particular - He put on his jacket. thing. - She puts face cream on every night. - This constitutes a strong argumentfor maintaining a retaliatory capability. cave, cavern, cellar, basement - The Tornado, with its ultralowflying capability, presented the Warsaw Pact with A cave is an opening in rock, for example in the side of a cliff or a mountain, and can severe problems. be large or small. In prehistoric times, people lived in caves. - Every advance in medical capabilities is an increase in our moral responsibility. - a large collection of caves known as the Blue Grotto. - She may worry about her capabilities as a parent. - The cliff's are riddled with caves and almost every one shows some sign ofancient carefree, careless, careful habitation. If you are carefree, you do not have any cares or worries and therefore feel happy A cavern is a very large cave, usually underground. and able to enjoy life. - Gradually the underground caverns fill up with deposits. - Before her marriage she had been lively and alert and carefree. Areas below ground in buildings are called cellars or basements. - He was aware of a glorious carefree feeling of joy. Cellars are often used for storing things that are no longer wanted or that are not used If you are careless, you do something badly because you are not giving enough very often. attention to it - I decided to return the unwanted books to the cellar. Thẩm Tâm Vy, Sept. 13th, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 18
2. A basement is designed to be used regularly or lived in. coat, jacket Department stores often have basements, and some restaurants and bars are in A coat is a piece of clothing with sleeves that you wear over the rest of your clothes basements. when you go outside. Coats are usually quite long, often reaching down to your knees - He stopped outside the door leading down to the basement, where Dr Firmius lived. or below your knees. certainly, surely - Gertrude was wearing, under her coat, a brown lightjersey dress. You use certainly to emphasize that what you say is definitely true. A jacket is a piece of clothing like a short coat .Usually jackets reach down to your - He had probably been employed at Cluny and he certainly worked at Vezelay. hips or waist. You can wear a jacket indoors or outdoors, and you can wear a coat over - It’s certainly not accidental spillage. it. You use surely for emphasis, especially when you are objecting to something that has - He began to undress, hanging his jacket neatly on the back of a chair. been said or done, or when you are expressing surprise that other people do not agree comic, comical with you. Сomiс is used to describe things which are intended to be funny. - But surely, Hamo, you care about what happens to your work? When comic has this meaning, it can only be used in front of a noun. - Academics tend to use ‘journalism’ as a dirty word, but surely some of the best - She was glad it was a comic. She had seen it before. writers have been journalists. - Tim had nearly had a commission to illustrate a comic cookery book. - Eva Crane must surely be one of the world’s best known experts on bee keeping. Both comic and comical can be used to describe something that amusing and makes Both British and American speakers of English use certainly to agree to a request, or you want to laugh, usually because it is slightly silly. They can come either in front of a to agree with what someone has said. American speakers also use surely in this way. noun or after a verb such as ‘be’ or ’look’. - ’Would you agree that it is still a difficult world for women to live in?’ - Her eyes rolled up in a blend of comic disgust, resignation and tolerance. — ‘Oh, certainly.’ - She would look up with the most comical expression. - He asked ifhe might be allowed to hear one ofher records. ‘Why surely, Daniel!’ - Brooks’s attention to detail can occasionally be comic. chips, crisps, french files - It was almost comical to see the conflicting emotions flit across Frank’sface. In British English, chips are pieces of potato cut like short sticks that are fried and Comic is also a noun. A comic is an entertainer who tells jokes to make people laugh. served hot. They are called french fries in American English. - When the comic comes on they’ll all laugh. - Then I’d get the tea ready, which was usually ham and chips, or kippers. A comic is also a magazine, usually for children, that contains stories told in pictures. - He ordered his lunch from Room Service—a club sandwich with french fries on the - He saw me reading a comic. side. comment, mention, remark Very thin slices of potato that have been fried until they are hard and crunchy are If you comment on a situation, or make a comment about it, you give your opinion called crisps, or occasionally potato crisps, in British English and potato chips in on it. You may express a careful thought, or you may just say a few words. American English. - He knew his father expected him to comment on the meal. - I can't open this packet of crisps. - ’It’s going to be pretty cold if you have to stay there all night,’ he commented. - a bowl of dip surrounded with a selection ofsalty biscuits and potato crisps. - ‘I’ll believe it when I see it,’ was Mrs Pringle’s comment. - We had a packet of potato chips and American Ice Cream Sodas. It you mention something, you say it, but you do not spend very long talking about it. claim, pretend You have usually not been discussing it before. If you claim that something is true, you say that it is true, although you may not be - She casually mentioned: ‘I thought I had something of interest for you.’ able to prove it or to make people believe you. - Johnny mentioned that he might be in New York right after the holidays. - ‘Did he really kill six men?’ Kay asked. ‘That’s what the newspapers claimed,’ Mike If you remark on something, or make a remark about it, you say what you think or said. have noticed about it, often in a casual or informal way. - He claimed that he found the money in aforest. - Visitors generally remark on how well the children look. - He claimed to be a Scot but had a powerful Liverpool accent. - Mr Nixon hastened to remark that he was not against television. If you pretend that something is true, you try to make people believe that it is true, - Gerald Sutton's first remark was: ’Your pals have found you. although you know that it is not. - The rest of us stood around for a while trying to pretend nothing had happened. ttv - He could pretend, perhaps, not to recognise them. - ‘You don’t want to spend your life with me,’ Joyce said, ‘so why pretend? Thẩm Tâm Vy, Sept. 13th, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 18