Những từ gây nhầm lần trong Tiếng Anh - Phần 5 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. strips of cotton cloth. ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS – 05 A cloth is a piece of cloth. The plural is cloths. - Remove tea stains from china with a damp cloth. choose, elect - Rinse out cleaning cloths after use and hang to dry. If you choose something or someone from a group of things or people, you decide Your clothes are the things you wear, such as shirts, coats, trousers, and dresses. Note which one you want. that there is no singular form of clothes. - She staredfor a moment at the clothes hanging in the closet, then chose a simple, - She laid the baby down and quickly started taking off its clothes. severe blue sutí. - He washed his summer clothes and put them away. - A prince in my position isfree to choose men to serve himfor their ability. Clothing is a more formal word used to refer to a person’s clothes, either in a general If someone chooses to do something, they do it because they want to or because they way, or when talking about specific types of clothes worn for particular jobs or by feel it is right. particular people. [y phục; trang phục] - Most visitors to these parts choose to travel by bicycle or to walk. - He takes off his wet clothing. - They could fire employees whenever they chose. - prison clothing. If a group of people elect someone to represent them or to do a particular job, they - They have to wear spacesuit-style protective clothing. choose them by voting for them rather than for another person. If you want to refer to one garment, you can talk about a piece of clothing or an article - They elected a manfrom the southern Bendel state as their chairman. of clothing. - They met to elect a president. - He has been identified as the man who visited Malta and bought a number of articles If you elect to do something, you choose to do it. This is a formal use. of clothing from a boutique. - They may elect to opt out of the scheme. coast, beach, shore classic, classical, classics The coast is the area of land which lies alongside the sea. When you talk about a coast, Something that is described as classic is an absolutely typical example of its kind. you may mean just the land close to the sea, or a wider area inland. - It is a classic example of what I can only call Masculine Logic. - To the north and south the coast is rock for the most part. - Otto broke off, shaking his head in the classic manner of one baffled beyond all hope - At this time sea kale was a relatively common plant around the coasts. of illumination. - a protest at official plans to site a third London airport on the Essex coast. You also use classic to describe something such as a book or film which is of a very A beach is a flat area immediately next to the sea that is usually covered in sand or high quality and has become a standard against which similar things are judged. pebbles. - one of the classic works of the Hollywood cinema. - Tourists go there to walk on the beach. In this sense, classic can also be used as a noun. - Gradually the oil stains were cleaned from the beaches. - a great classic of English literature. The shore is the area of land along the edge of the sea, a lake, or a wide river. - cheap paperback editions of the classics - Bronzed men surfed into the shore on curling waves. Classical describes things that are traditional in their form, style, or content, and that - We could see the trees on the other shore. have existed for a long time. Classical things are often contrasted with modem things. - the company’s American-style blend ofmodern and classical dance. comprehend, understand - a central flaw within classical euphuism. If you comprehend something, you know what its meaning is or why it is the way it Classics is the study of the language and literature of Ancient Greece and Rome. is. Comprehend is only used in fairly formal or literary language, and usually with a - Tâm Vy had studied classics and philosophy at Oxford. negative to say that someone cannot comprehend something. • Note that classical is also the adjective related to classics. - Her face was blank and numb as though she could no longer comprehend the reality - Traditionally in Europe the subjects of study were classical languages, history and around her. the natural sciences. - He could not comprehend how Grant had ever been selected for this mission. It is much rnore usual to say that someone understands a situation or a problem. cloth, clothes, clothing - And because I can go no further, you must go alone. Do you understand?’ Cloth is material made from fibres such as cotton, wool, or nylon. - Maorris felt he understood more deeply, now, what McLuhan was setting at. - machine-woven cloth. Thẩm Tâm Vy, August 19th, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 05
2. - the necessityfor continual change by managers and workers alike. contest, competition - The world that people thought to be stable was instead undergoing continuous A contest s a struggle to win power or control, especially in politics. The noun contest dynamic change. This would keep society in a condition of constant change. is pronounced /’kɒntest/. If you are describing something undesirable which continues to happen or exist - the contest for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party. without stopping, it is better to use continual than ‘continuous’. [liên tục tiếp tục] A contest or competition is an event in which people take part in order to find out - Continual police pressures were brought to bear against Card to get him to who is the best at something, especially in order to win a prize. They usually involve wtihdraw his statement. tests of knowledge, speed, skill, or talent. - Her continual demands on me were affecting my work. - The local radio station was sponsoring a contest to find the most popular high school - It was sad to see her the victim of continual pain. athlete. Continual is also used to describe things which happen repeatedly. - Her insurance company employers held sales contests for its staff, with merchandise - Nino Valenti’s face was handsome though bloated by continual drinking. prizes. - The management refused to deal with him because ofhis continual disruptive - She won several competitionsfor rock-and-roll dancing. activities. - a magazine full of competitions and activities. You describe something as continuous when it happens all the time without any If only two people are involved, you usually use contest. For example, if you are interruption at all, or seems to happen without any interruption. talking about an event in a sport such as boxing or wrestling, you refer to it as a contest. - After days of continuous rain in the area the Telle River was in flood. - the heavyweight contest between Muhammad All and the Canadian champion - The Kirks spent the summer in a state of continuous excitement. Trevor Berbick. - When standing you sway slightly forwards and backwards continuously although A competition is often more serious than a contest, with more complicated rules or you are unaware of it. more complicated things to do. It may take place over a longer period of time, and the Note that continual is only used in front of a noun. Continuous be used in front of a entrants may have to do several different things. noun and after a verb such as ‘be’. - the 1981 Lorry Driver of the Year competition. - He gave continual thought to these two questions. - His greatest disappointment was that he didn't win the competition to do the Byron - The landscape has undergone continuous transformations. memorial in Hyde Park. - These recordings are in sequence and continuous. GRAMMAR You describe something as constant when it happens all the time or is always there. Contest is also a verb. If you contest something such as a decision or a will, you - He was in constant pain. object to it formally and oppose it, sometimes aggressively. The verb contest is - He had to recognize the truth of Eva’s constant criticism that he wasn’t a man. pronounced /kɒnˈtest/. - I am going to contest the will. - We would hotly contest this idea. OTHER WORDS - If parliamentary candidates contest a seat, they try and win it. - There was a by election contested by six candidates. You say that something happens continually, continuously, or constantly. Competition is used most commonly as an uncount noun to describe a situation in - I shivered and sweated continually. which two or more people or organizations are trying to get something that only one of - Bev and I studied continuously, either in the library or in our rooms. them can have. When they are in this situation, you can say that they are in - For the first six weeks in Naples I was constantly cold. competition. - As the population expanded, so did the competition for land. - Samsung is likely to face some stiff competition from Apple. - The two parties were not in competition with each other. to be continied Note that ’contest’ is not used in this way continual, continuous, constant You use continual, continuous, and constant to describe things which continue to happen or exist without stopping. Thẩm Tâm Vy, August 19th, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 05