Những từ gây nhầm lần trong Tiếng Anh - Phần 9 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. When a sick person recovers, recovers from an illness, or makes a recovery, they get ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS – 09 better. cry, shout, yell - In time Johnnie recovered, thankfully without any permanent damage. If you cry or cry out, you call out loudly usually because of a strong emotion such as - How long do people take to recover from sickness ofthis kind? unhappiness, excitement, or fear. - He made a quick recovery, but the operation hadn’t been as successful as hoped. - ‘Come on!’ he cried. custom [phong tục, tập quán], habit [thói quen, nền nếp] - I heard Amy O’Shea cry out in fright. Ạ custom is something that people in a community do because it is a tradition, or If you shout, you speak in an extremely loud voice. You may shout in order to be because it is considered the right thing to do in society. For example, in Britain, heard in a noisy place, or because you are angry or excited. celebrating Christmas and Shaking hands are customs. - I was very happy and shouted, ‘Thank you!’ to him but he only smiled and waved his - Harvest Festival, ’I said firmly, ‘is a good old Christian custom.’ hand. - I’m a stranger in this country, I don’t know the customs that well. - They turn their radios on and shout across the room to one another. - They had done all that their religion and family customs had required them to do. - That made Clarissa very angry indeed. She shouted, ‘You make me sick!’ You can also say that it is someone’s custom to do something when it is something If you shout at someone, you talk angrily to them in a loud voice. they usually do. This is a fairly literary use. - She sсагсе1y glanced at the poor man; just shouted at him for polling her lovely - She had risen at half past six as was her custom. evening. A habit is something that you do regularly, often without thinking why you do it. - The negotiators shouted at each other across the table. Habits can sometimes be irritating or pointless. If you yell, you call out loudly, either using words or just making a noise. People - His tongue moistened his top lip. It was a habit of his. usually yell because they are excited, angry, or in pain. - She has a bad habit of mumbling. - I threw back my head and yelled ‘Help!’ - I can’t help it, I always tell everybody everything, it’s a terrible habit, it really is. - I yelled out in pain and fell off the wall. - ’Get out of my office!’ yelled Mr Morris. deny, refuse If you yell at someone, you shout loudly at them, usually because you are angry. If you deny something, especially something that someone says, you say that it is not - If she caught us eating, she would yell at us, and sometimes she told the boss. true. [chối không làm gì] - I yelled at Richard to hang on. - He denied that there was any needfor drastic reform. - This allegation was denied repeatedly by Government spokesmen. cure, heal, recover, recovery - I don’t deny that art is political. When a doctor or a treatment cures a patient or a disease, or cures a patient of a If someone denies you something you need or want, they do not allow you to have it. disease, the patient gets better. [chối không cho] - He took the boy to a special doctor and had his eye infection cured. - All my life I had never denied my mother anything. - Dr Bachius went in for acupuncture, and had once cured Mrs Burdock of migraine - All times we’ve denied justice to groups with different religions or political views. for a whole week. - Hekima was denied the right to present the defence he had so carefully worked out. A cure is a medicine that cures a disease. If you say that someone refuses you or refuses you something, or that you have been - Nobody would deny the value of the work being done to find a cure for SARS-COVID refused something, you mean that they do not allow you to have something you have 19. asked for, or do not allow you to do something you have asked to do. - This seems to be a possible cure for AIDS. - He knows he can run to his Dad for money if I refuse him. When an injury such as a cut or a broken leg gets better, you say that it heals or that it - The Rajah was infatuated with her and could refuse her nothing. is healed. - They had been refused permission to return home. - I waited there six weeks, not knowing whether the leg would heal or not. If you refuse to do something, you deliberately do not do it, or say firmly that you will - This ointment should heal the cut in no time. not do it. [không chịu làm] If you say that someone heals a sick person, you mean that they make them better, - She’s one of those people who refuse to change their opinions. usually by unconventional methods known as ‘alternative medicine’. - Mr Benn refused to condemn them. - Give the Lord a chance, Ginny. He healed my leg. He can heal your mother’s blood. If someone refuses something you offer them, they do not accept it. [từ chối, không - He had been miraculously healed of his illness. nhận] Thẩm Tâm Vy, August 22, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 09
2. - Anne was about to refuse the drink but then thought she had better accept it. If you forgive someone or forgive them for something that they have done, you decide - It was an offer Lever felt he couldn’t refuse. not to punish them and not to continue feeling angry or upset. - Though she had eventually agreed to forgive him, the damage had been done. disinterested, uninterested - Don’t do it. You’ll never forgive yourself. Someone who is disinterested is not personally involved in a situation and can act or - I’ll never forgive you for this - never. think in a fair and unselfish way. - Diaghilev asked me to change the ending. I refused, of course, and he never forgave - I am confident that you will give me a disinterested opinion. me. - I know personally ofhis disinterested help to unknown, ill and dying people. Occasionally, in fairly formal English, the meaning of the verb excuse can overlap Someone who is uninterested in something shows very little interest in it. with the meaning of forgive. - No one here is interested in religion, ừ’s amazing how uninterested they are. - I could never excuse him for being so rude. - She seemed to be talking to herself, uninterested in whether Tim was there or not. When excuse is used with a similar meaning to forgive, it can have two objects. Some people also use disinterested to say that someone is bored or not interested in - I excused him much of his prejudice because I liked him. something. However, this use is often regarded as incorrect. • Excuse can also be used as a noun. An excuse is a reason that you give in order to distinct [rõ], distinctive [nổi trội] explain why something has been done, has not been done, or will not be done. Note that Something that is distinct, or distinct from something else, can be recognized as the noun is pronounced /ɪkskjuzs/. different and separate from it, even though the two things might be similar in some way. - That’s a classic excuse for spending more than you earn. - Each of his eight animals had a distinct personality. - It might be used as an excuse for evading our responsibilities. - This is not a cross between a cherry and a plum, but a distinct species. gas, petrol - The British Museum is now distinct from the British Library. Gas is the name given to all air-like substances such as oxygen and hydrogen. Gas is If something like a shape or a sound is distinct, you can see or hear it very clearly. most often used to refer to the substance that is burned in people’s homes for heating - ‘You don’t make yourself clear,' said Sticking, in his most distinct voice. and cooking. You use distinctive to describe things which have a special quality that makes them - The propellant gas in an aerosol does not simply disappear when you press the easy to recognize. button. - Mr Ross noted their distinctive Glasgow accents. - She turned on the gas in the oven. - Jossi’s appearance was distinctive. He was a powerful giant who stood over sixfeet In American English, the liquid obtained from petroleum and used to power cars and tall. other motor vehicles is called gas, or sometimes gasoline. eatable, edible - I’m sorry Гт late. I had to stop for gas, and the station was jammed. Edible means that something is safe to eat and not poisonous. - Sometimes I pull in for gas when the tank is three-quarters full. - The wholefish is edible. In British English, this liquid is called petrol. - Many seaweeds are edible. - The use of leaded petrol has resulted in gross contamination of the environment. - edible mushrooms. - We pulled in at a Petrollimex station for petrol. You can use eatable or edible to say that something is good enough or tasty enough childish [như trẻ con (ngụ ý chê)], childlike [ngây thơ hồn nhiên như trẻ con] for a person to eat and enjoy. You сап describe an adult or a young person as childish when they act in an - To convert dried peas and beans into an eatable food they mustfirst be soaked. immature way, as if they were still a young child. - Chunks ofuncooked potato are barely eatable. - She hoped that he wouldn't settle into one of his gloomy childish moods and spoil the - The figs are edible and pleasantly tangy. day. - I thought rabbit the least edible ofall the bushfoods. - I thought her nice but rather childish. excuse, forgive You can describe an adult or young person as childlike tf they shows some of the If you excuse someone or excuse their behaviour, you providem reasons or a attractive qualities that children have, especially simplicity and sincerity. justification for what they have done in order to make it seem less bad, especially when - his childlike charm. other people disapprove of it. Excuse is a verb and is pronounced /ɪks’kju:z/. - She was a dear old thing, but childlike and eccentric. - Can we excuse her by saying she was a victim ofevents? to be continued - He wrote humble letters in which he tried to excuse his actions. Thẩm Tâm Vy, August 22, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 09