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Commonly Confused Words Flashcards

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Borrow vs lend

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Borrow: get something from someone, intending to give it back after a short time

Lend: give something to someone for a short time, expecting that you will get it back

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Dead
Died
Death

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Dead: use as an adjective, opposite to alive. Description, no action

Died: verb = passed away

Death: noun (la mort, une mort) can be count or not count = many deaths = correct

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Earn
Win

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Win: receive an award, be the #1

Earn : get Something in exchange for your work

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Fun
Funny

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Funny : causing laughter or amusement hahahaha

Fun: causing enjoyment ( cetait plaisant) n/c noun could be an adj

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Learn
Teach

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Learn : gaining knowlegde by studying

Teach: giving lessons

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Leave
Let

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Leave: go away, go in the opposite direction

Let: permit or allow

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Like
As

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Like: such as, for example, similar, in the same way

As: because, comparative to equality (comme)

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Live
Experience

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Live : live your life, live in the city/at an address, etc ( in English toi cannot “vivre qqch”)

Experience : vivre qqch (A situation, a feeling)

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Leave
Live

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Leave: quitter, laisser

Live: habiter

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Lose
Loss
Loose

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Lose: verb, not able to find something (louze) (after To its going to be lose

Loss: noun, losing a person or a thing

Loose: (loussseee) adj, not tight

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Quit
Leave

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Quit: stop doing Something you usually do

Leave : to exit a location

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Really
Very

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Really : actually, truly, indeed ( vraiment) can be before adj, adv and verb

Very: large manner, extremely (canot modify a verb, only en avant dun adj ou adv)

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Remember
Remind

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Remember : keep a person or a thing in mind / ça vient seulement de moi

Remind: make you think of a person or a thing that ressemble to the person I remember
Vient dun extenal object / person that inspires/creates memory
* ON se rappele grâce à qqch dexterne

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Still
Again
Always

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Still : no interuption, the action started and continues

Again : another time, encore

Always: very frequently( on peut dire ca poir remplacer) = repetitive action

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That
Then
Than

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Then : indicate time or consequence

Than: indicate comparaison

That: refer to a person, object, idea

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Remark vs notice

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Remark: à synonym of say

Notice: to see/hear, etc something that attracts your attention.
I remarked that he look handsome in his new suit.

I noticed that he was wearing a tie.

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