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viernes, 29 de julio de 2011

CoMMonly confused words (II)

Queridos amigos, os dejo uno facilito para el viernes, que la mayoría tenemos ya las neuronas preparándose para el finde, ya sea para refrescarlas a base de bien o para derretirlas en la playa.
CoMMonly confused words volumen II.  Que paséis un buen finde!




ADVICE/ ADVISE.


Advice (noun.)


Advise (verb.)


The same happens with (noun)  /  (verb)


practice/practise
device/devise
licence/license






FORTH/ FOURTH.


Forth (adverb): hacia delante.


i.e: She was moving back and forth. (se movía de atrás a delante)


Fourth (adverb): cuarto.


i.e: Mary finished the fourth in the race.






COMPLEMENT/ COMPLIMENT.


Complement: complemento (noun)/ complementar (verb).


Compliment: cumplido.






STATIONARY/ STATIONERY.


Stationary (adjective) : parado, inmóvil.


Stationery (noun): papalería.


i.e: We bought all the pencils and notebooks for school in the stationery this morning.






WONDER/ WANDER.

Wonder (verb): preguntarse.

i.e: I wonder why she is doing that.

Wander (verb): vagar, deambular.

i.e: They wandered around the fair for two hours.






BORROW /LEND.


Borrow (verb):  to take or accept something for a short time with the intention of returning it to its rightful owner


i.e: May I borrow a pencil, please?


Lend (verb): to give something for a short time with the intention of getting it back


Would you please lend me a pencil?




BORED/ BORING.



Bored (adjective):  when someone feels tired and unhappy because something is not interesting or because they have nothing to do.


i.e: She was so bored that she fell asleep.


Boring (adjective): describe something that is not interesting or exciting.


i.e: The lesson was so boring that she fell asleep. 


The same happen with excited and exciting,
                                   interested and interesting,...




Un poco de música para despedirnos! 


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