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Thẩm Tâm Vy, Sept. 13th, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 18

ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS 18 cancel, postpone, delay If you cancel an arrangement or an appointment, you stop it from happening. You usually do not make any new arrangements. - The airport closed again. All flights were cancelled to andfrom Glasgow. - The performances were cancelled because the leading man was ill. If you postpone an arrangement or an appointment, you make new arrangements for it to happen at a later time. - The flight has been postponed until eleven o’clock. - Could you postpone your departureforfive minutes? If you delay something that has been arranged, you make it happen later than planned. - Try and persuade them to delay some ofthe changes. - The flight had been delayed one hour, due to weather conditions. If something delays you, you start or finish something later than you planned. - Suppose there is some accident which delays you. - I’m afraid I was slightly delayed. Other words English also uses a number of phrasal verbs to express the idea of doing things at a later time or not at all. For example, if you cancel a meeting, you can also say that you ‘call it off’. If you postpone a meeting, you ‘put it off’. If a meeting is delayed, it is ‘held up’. Phrasal verbs are more common in speech than in written English. capacity, capability The capacity of something is the amount that it can hold or produce. - The pipeline has a capacity of 1.2 million barrels a day. - In all countries military security requires economic capacity to be developed. A person’s capacity is their ability to do something well. - Monty, as I soon realised, had no more capacity for figures than Jeremy had. If a man is self-employed, he can adjust his performance to his capacities. - The capability of a country, machine, or person is their ability to do a particular thing. - This constitutes a strong argumentfor maintaining a retaliatory capability. - The Tornado, with its ultralowflying capability, presented the Warsaw Pact with severe problems. - Every advance in medical capabilities is an increase in our moral responsibility. - She may worry about her capabilities as a parent. carefree, careless, careful If you are carefree, you do not have any cares or worries and therefore feel happy and able to enjoy life. - Before her marriage she had been lively and alert and carefree. - He was aware of a glorious carefree feeling of joy. If you are careless, you do something badly because you are not giving enough attention to it

- ...if your courier is careless and leaves the coach unlocked. - He was careless and inefficient and drank too much. If you are careful, you do things properly and with a lot of attention. Careful is the opposite of careless. - I showered slowly, being careful not to wet my soreface. - He watched all this with the most careful attention. carry, wear, put on When you carry something, you move it from one place to another without letting it touch the ground. - ‘I can't carry any more wood,’ said Eric. ‘I’m tired.’ - The man got up and sauntered through, carrying an open beer can. - I carried my dancing shoes in а lưtle box. When you are dressed in your clothes you say that you are wearing them. You do not say that you ‘carry’ clothes or shoes when you are dressed in them. - She wore a plaid shirt, bluejeans and sneakers. - He is a dynamic little man who wears a bow tie. - He wore green suede shoes. - Tracey is wearing a simple black dress. - What are you wearing to Caroline's wedding? - Some musicians don't like to wear rings when they're playing. - He wears glasses for reading. - She wears very little makeup. - The minister wore a confident smile throughout the interview. - When she's working she wears her hair in a ponytail. - You should wear your hair up (= so that it does not hang down) more often - it suits you. - Are you wearing a new perfume? If you put something on, you cover part of your body with clothes, shoes, make-up, or something similar:. Put …