CONFUSING WORDS IN ENGLISH (2)

No CONFUSING MEANINGS/NOTE EXAMPLES

WORDS
FREE 1. Everyone has the FREELY right to worship .
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FREELY 2. You can’t get anything FREE in this world.
HIGH 3. Your choice of subject is HIGHLY important.
22 HIGHLY 4. I can’t sing that HIGH.

SEE 5. The divers reported to SEE a lot of sharks.

23 WATCH 6. -Would you like to play?
-No, thanks. I’ll just WATCH.
HAPPEN It occurs to sb that… 7. It never HAPPEN to me that I could be
wrong.
OCCUR
8. More deaths OCCUR in winter.
24 TAKE PLACE
9. The Olympics TAKES PLACE every four years.
10.She OCCURED to be out when I called.
11.I’ll be there whatever HAPPEN.
VIEW - Cacth sight of sb/sth = see 12.The VIEW from the top of the mountain is
sb/sth spectacular.
SCENE (n)
- Bloody sights 13.The attacker fled the SCENCE right away.
25 SIGHT (n) =
vision (n) - Sights = scenery view (n) 14.We had to shoot the SCENCE 15 times.
SCENERY (n) 15.The disease affected her SIGHT.
16.The river passes through a rich variety of
SCENERY.
17.She caught SIGHT of her reflection in the
mirror.
IMPLY Refer sb to sb 18.His silence seemed to ______ agreement.
INFER 19.My doctor refers me to a skin specialist.
26 REFER 20.She ______ the subject several times in her
speech.
21.Readers are left to ____ the killer’s motives.
 22.The article ____ the pilot was responsible
for the accident.
23.Oranges and kiwis are rich in vitamin C. I
prefer the LATER.
LATER
24.You’ll have to make a decision sooner or
27 LATEST
LATER.
LATTER
25.She always wears the LATEST fashions.

26.The price INCLUDES dinner, bed and

breakfast.
INCLUDE
27.Breakfast COSISTS OF bread and a cup of
tea.
28 CONTAIN
28.This drink doesn’t CONTAIN any alcohol.
CONSIST OF
29.She was unable to CONTAIN her excitement.
COMPRISE
BE MADE UP OF

NEAR - Nowhere near + as…as = 30.She lives in a NEARBY house.

Nothing like
NEARBY 31.I live NEAR he school.
29 NEARLY 32.Only when the deadline draws NEAR does
- NEAR + a/an/the + noun
Canh do his assignments.
- a/an/the + NEARBY + noun
33. Edinburgh is nowhere NEAR (use before
superlative) as big as Glasgow, even though
it’s the capital.
34.It’s NEARLY time to leave.
MOST - Almost = nearly 35.I like ALMOST all of them.
30 ALMOST - Almost + all/every/none = 36.MOST of the verbs in English are regular.
most
37.I ALMOST missed her birthday.

31 ACCESS 38.Interviews allow employers to ASSESS the

suitability of candidates.
ASSESS
39.It has never been easier to ACCESS
information.
32 RISE - RISE (intransitive verb) 40.Rents have RISEN sharply these days.
 RAISE - RAISE + sb/sth
ARISE – AROSE - RISE (tăng, đi lên, mọc len,
– ARISEN rise to fame, thức dậy, nổi lên)
- RAISE (nuôi, đưa lên, đề cập,
đặt câu hỏi, gây quỹ, nâng cao)
- ARISE (phát sinh)
41.He’s accustomed to RISING early.
42.That actress ROSE to fame after shooting
that film.
43.She RAISEED the gun and fired.
44.Effort has been made to RAISE public’s
awareness of the pandemic.
45.She RAISED some interesting points at the
meeting.
46.Bubbles RISE to the surface of the liquid.

33 PRINCIPAL 47.The salary is good, but that’s not the

PRINCIPAL reason why I accept the job.
PRINCIPLE
48.It’s my honor to introduce Mr.Brown,
PRINCIPAL of St. John’s college.
49.These are three PRINCIPLE of teamwork.
34 STATIONARY 50.The accident was my fault because I ran into
a STATIONARY object.
STATIONERY
51.My hobby is collecting STATIONERY

35 LIE – lied – lied 52.I LAY awake all night worrying about the test
today.
LIE – lay – lain
53.The fault LIE with you.
LAY – laid – laid
54.She tends to LAY burden on others.
55.The table LAID in the garden is covered with
leaves.
56.The cuckoo LAYS its eggs in other birds’
nests.
36 PRECEDE 57.Marriage was thought to PRECEDE love.
PROCEED 58.She decided not to PROCEED with the
treatment.
59.Passengers from Rome should PROCEED to
Gate 32 for boarding.
37 OVER - ABOVE dùng cho chiều cao và 60.OVER 100 people received the gift.
 ABOVE nhiệt độ
- OVER dùng cho tuổi tác, tốc 61.Pour some cream OVER the tart.
độ
62.It was three degrees ABOVE zero.
63.Once the plane got ABOVE the clouds, she
started to relax.
38 ARISE - AROUSE: khơi gợi, triggered 64.Her strange behavior our suspicion.
AROUSE 65.A storm ____ during the night.

39 ASSURE (v) - Assure sb that + clause 66.We are ASSURED that everything possible is
being done.
ENSURE - Assure sb of sth
67.The car is INSURED against fire and theft.
INSURE (v) - Ensure that + clause = make
sure that + clause 68.Hard work ENSURES success.
- Ensure sb sth
- Insure sb/sth against sth
40 DISINTERESTED 69.Judges should be DISINTERESTED.
UNINTERESTED 70.She seemed to be UNINTERESTED in what
she was told.