W and P (Part 10) Flashcards
Hole/ Whole
opening/entire
holiday/weekend
refer to time, often one or two weeks, when someone does not go to work or school /the weekend refers to the time from Sunday and Sunday, or Friday evening until Sunday night
holy/wholly
sacred/ entirely
home/hone
your house or abode/to sharpen
how do you do? /How are you? /how do you do?
this is not a question. it is another, very formal way of saying hello. we only use it the first time we meet someone.
How are you? This is a question.
Human/Humane
of people/merciful
I/me
We don’t use it synonymously
idea/ideal
any thought can be an idea, but only the best ideas worth pursuing are ideals
if/whether
use whether hen alternatives are involved / otherwise if is acceptable
illude/elude
illude is a rare word which means obsolete also to deceive or lead astray/ to escape or to evade
illusion/delusion
images of nonexistent things/delusions of grandeur come from self-deceit or mental imbalance
immemorial/immortal
ancient beyond memory/ deathless or eternal
immigrate/emigrate
come in / leave
imply/infer
to suggest something / to derive certain meaning from a remark or an action
in/into
inside something/ into tells of motion from outside to the inside of something