22.Communication Club Easily confused words Flashcards
požičať
To take a loan
borrow
Can I borrow $20 from you please?
požičať
To give a loan
lend
I will lend you $20.
povedať
To report someone’s words
To ask about how to use a language
say
Did she say anything about me?
How do you say “hello” in Spanish?
povedať
To instruct
To narrate
tell
Tell him to stop the car.
He’s telling a good joke.
urobiť
To carry out activities or tasks
do
He needs to do his homework.
urobiť
To cause to happen
To create or build something
make
Don’t make him angry.
Don’t forget to make a list.
To show ability
To request (informal
can
I can contact the company if you would like me to.
Can I help you?
To express a possibility
To request (polite)
may
I may see you later at the party.
May I help you?
To come into contact with someone
To be introduced to someone
To arrange to see someone
He met her for the first time yesterday.
meet
He met her for the first time yesterday.
I will meet you in front of the main building.
To be familiar with someone
To understand a fact or truth
know
I’ve known Sheila for a long time.
He knows a lot about geography.
To fail to use something valuable in an effective way
waste
Don’t waste your time watching too much TV.
Don’t waste water! We don’t have enough of it.
To fail to use something valuable in an effective way
spend
spent a lot of money at the shop yesterday.
He spends much of his time at the beach.
To recline or to rest
To not tell the truth
lie
The cat lies in the sun most of the day.
The documents are lying on the table now.
He lay on his bed in pain last night.
He lied to me about the money he’d spent.
To put, place or set down
lay
He lays his keys on the counter every day.
He laid the mail on the table when he came in.
To carry towards someone or somewhere
bring
He brings me flowers every week
To carry away from someone or somewhere
take
He always takes his brother to hockey games.
to take or claim as one’s own
adopt
They adopted a child from Vietnam last year.
To get used to
To change
adapt
John adapted to the weather in the East quite quickly.
That company adapts and resells the ideas of others.
To get up
To go up
rise
He rises at 5:00 every morning
Gas prices are steadily rising.
to make higher
raise
The government is raising the price of fuel.
To leave a country
emigrate
Joshua emigrated from the UK in 2001.
To move to another country
immigrate
She immigrated to Canada in 2002.
