Những từ gây nhầm lần trong Tiếng Anh - Phần 5 - Thấm Tâm Vy

Thẩm Tâm Vy, August 19th, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 05

ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS – 05

choose, elect If you choose something or someone from a group of things or people, you decide which one you want. - She staredfor a moment at the clothes hanging in the closet, then chose a simple, severe blue sutí. - A prince in my position isfree to choose men to serve himfor their ability. If someone chooses to do something, they do it because they want to or because they feel it is right. - Most visitors to these parts choose to travel by bicycle or to walk. - They could fire employees whenever they chose. If a group of people elect someone to represent them or to do a particular job, they choose them by voting for them rather than for another person. - They elected a manfrom the southern Bendel state as their chairman. - They met to elect a president. If you elect to do something, you choose to do it. This is a formal use. - They may elect to opt out of the scheme. classic, classical, classics Something that is described as classic is an absolutely typical example of its kind. - It is a classic example of what I can only call Masculine Logic. - Otto broke off, shaking his head in the classic manner of one baffled beyond all hope of illumination. You also use classic to describe something such as a book or film which is of a very high quality and has become a standard against which similar things are judged. - one of the classic works of the Hollywood cinema. In this sense, classic can also be used as a noun. - a great classic of English literature. - cheap paperback editions of the classics Classical describes things that are traditional in their form, style, or content, and that have existed for a long time. Classical things are often contrasted with modem things. - ...the company’s American-style blend ofmodern and classical dance. - ...a central flaw within classical euphuism. Classics is the study of the language and literature of Ancient Greece and Rome. - Tâm Vy had studied classics and philosophy at Oxford. • Note that classical is also the adjective related to classics. - Traditionally in Europe the subjects of study were classical languages, history and the natural sciences. cloth, clothes, clothing Cloth is material made from fibres such as cotton, wool, or nylon. - ...machine-woven cloth.

...strips of cotton cloth. A cloth is a piece of cloth. The plural is cloths. - Remove tea stains from china with a damp cloth. - Rinse out cleaning cloths after use and hang to dry. Your clothes are the things you wear, such as shirts, coats, trousers, and dresses. Note that there is no singular form of clothes. - She laid the baby down and quickly started taking off its clothes. - He washed his summer clothes and put them away. Clothing is a more formal word used to refer to a person’s clothes, either in a general way, or when talking about specific types of clothes worn for particular jobs or by particular people. [y phục; trang phục] - He takes off his wet clothing. - ...prison clothing. - They have to wear spacesuit-style protective clothing. If you want to refer to one garment, you can talk about a piece of clothing or an article of clothing. - He has been identified as the man who visited Malta and bought a number of articles of clothing from a boutique. coast, beach, shore The coast is the area of land which lies alongside the sea. When you talk about a coast, you may mean just the land close to the sea, or a wider area inland. - To the north and south the coast is rock for the most part. - At this time sea kale was a relatively common plant around the coasts. - ...a protest at official plans to site a third London airport on the Essex coast. A beach is a flat area immediately next to the sea that is usually covered in sand or pebbles. - Tourists go there to walk on the beach. - Gradually the oil stains were cleaned from the beaches. The shore is the area of land along the edge of the sea, a lake, or a wide river. - Bronzed …