Commonly Confused Words
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Chapter 24
The Used of Confused Words
: The Used of Confused Words Confused Word
: The Used of Confused Words
. (Gonfitsed word)
- advise (v.)
The doctor advised him to have a long rest.
introduce (V)
May 1 introduce you to Mr. David, my new friend.
suggest (v.)
He suggested that I should buy this car, because it was very cheap.
guide (v.)
He guides me to everywhere interesting that I want to go
2).people (n.)
AI the people in this country can speak Thai well.
citizen
- Brown is a citizen of America.
population (n.) (Page 490)
The population of The population of Thailand are now about fifty million
Jirayu is a native of Bangkok
native (n.)
.inhabitant (n.)
The inhabitants of this region mostly moved from India.
3 talk (v.)
Don’t talk loudly, my children are sleeping.
speak ()
He has spoken this matter for two hours without stopping.
say (v.)
He said he was going out
He said goodbye to me.
He said, “How do you do ?
tell (v.)
The policeman told me the way to the station.
The grandmother tells the children stories.
converse (V)
They are conversing about the political problems in the living room.
- foolish (adj.) (Page 491)
He is very foolish to say such a thing to his teacher.
Stupid
That boy is very stupid. He doesn’t know which is hot water and which is cold water
Silly foolish
The fat man likes to talk silly words to everybody.
dull
She became dull because of her headache, and didn’t have a rest for long time.
ignorant
He is very ignorant. He doesn’t know even only that who the Prime Minister of the
country is.
Idiot
I have taught him for three hours, but he doesn’t understand because he is an idiot.
- been
I have been to Hong Kong twice this year,
We have been for a walk.
gone
My father has gone to Italy. He is now in Italy.
Alice has gone for a walk.
- cost
A : Subject + cost + (Page 492)
This book costs one hundred baht.
B : Subject + cost +
This house costs me twenty thousand baht.
price
He sold his car at a good price.
The price of this book is very high.
- air
air (wind)
We need fresh air every day.
climate
It is always a warm climate in Bangkok.
weather
.
How about the weather in Paris?
It is rather cold,
- pick
I picked up some flowers in the garden.
No one saw me picking up the oranges.
She picked up the money on the ground.
Gather ( Page 493)
I have to gather these books in the evening.
gather Intransitive Verb Many labours want to gather here.
collect
She wants to collect stamps for reminder.
- wrong
They came to the party on the wrong day.
do
I know that Have done wrong.
mistake (n.)
How many mistakes did you make?
error (n.)
His writting is full of spelling errors.
miss (v.)
I want to catch the 10 a.m. train, but I miss.
- lend (v.)
Can you lend me your money?
borrow (v.)
May I borrow your pen to sign my name?
loan (v.) (Page 494)
England loans us three million pounds.
Jean noun Our government has approved of the loan.
- game (n.)
We paly badminton every day
sport (n.)
“to go in for…….” “to do some…..”
He likes to go in for fishing in the canal.
To do some hunting and fishing are sports.
- want (v.)
She wants to have a newพ car, but it is too expensive.
wish (v.)
I wish I were able to marry her
desire (v.)
Sod Chitlada desires to be the best boxer of the world.
Pravit needs some money to continue his studies.
demand (v.) (Page 495)
The labourers demand to increase their wages.
- fairly (adj.)
Your son speaks German fairly well.
rather somewhat (adj.)
Is he somewhat lazy to do work?
I am rather too a fat man, aren’t I?
- kill (v.)
I killed a lot of hers every morning.
murder (v.)
He murdered his wife last night.
slay (v.)
The dragon was slew in Shanghai
suicide (v.)
She was very sorry to fail in the university entrance examination, so she suicided herself
execute (v.)
He was executed because he had murdered his manager.
assassinate (v.) (Page 496)
President Kennedy was assassinated in November.
- different (adj.)
The workers wear different hare hats when they work.
various (adj.)
There are various things to be bought and sold at the market.
outstanding (adj.)
Manit is outstanding in his classroom
distinguished (adj.)
outstanding )
He is a distinguished medical student in this university.
- old (adj.)
Amnuay Silp is my old school.
Your elder brother looks very old, though he is only forty
former (adj.)
Suchin was the former manager of this company
ancient (adj.)
The Emerald Buddha is the most ancient image of the Lord Buddha.
The Ancient City is in SamutPrakan province. (Page 497)
antique (n.)
You can see the antiques in the National Museum.
Work-out (adj.)
My shoes are worn-out, so that I want to buy new ones.
- arrive (v.) preposition in at
arrive in
arrive at
The Browns will arrive in Bangkok this evening.
She arrived at the meeting at midday.
reach (v.)
arrive
Can you reach that rubber for me?
They reached London in the morning.
: They reached in ( at) London in the morning.)
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- do (v.)
He does his homework every evening.
make (v.)
She has made a new dress.
do make
do make (Idiom)
do make (Page 498)
= do one’s duty
do an exercise
= do one’s best
= do a favour
= do business
= do good
= do the bedroom
= do evil deeds
make a mistake
= make a request
= make the bed
= make a living
-make trouble
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= make a speech
= make plans
= make progress
- accept (v.):
I accepted your invitation.
The master accepted our offers.
receive (v.)
welcome (v.)
You are welcome to our city.
Thank for your warm welcome.
greet (v.)
The president greeted the King with a great reception.
get (v.)
Do you get a baby from hospital?
How much do you get for wages from him?
- deny (v.)
Deny gerund noun (Page 499)
He denied stealing my wrist watch.
I denied the truth or what he said.
refuse (v.)
She refused to marry you.
He refused to come along with me.
- fair (n.)
They enjoyed the Vajiravudh Fair very much
There is the Red Cross Fair in Bangkok every year.
Festival (n.)
.Thai people will have “Loy Krathong Festival in November
- famous (ad) )
He is a famous scientist in the world.
Thailand is famous for fine arts,
notorious (adj.)
Tee Yai is a notorious criminal in Thailand.
Well-known ( adj )
Kukrit is well-known in our country
good will (n.)
Kunavuth has a good will in the movie business. (Page 500)
reputation (n.)
good reputation bad reputation
Savan Sanya has a good reputation in singing.
He had a bad reputation in killing a man.
- study (v.)
study:
He studied in Ramkhamhaeng University five years age.
learn (V) (study)
learn
I have leant English for two years.
He learnt the meaning of the Buddha’s words.
(be) educated (v.)
She was educated in the United States.
- profession (n.)
My profession is curing: yours is teaching
occupation (a.)
His occupation is driving a taxi in Bangkok.
Vocation (n.)
Her vocation is watering the flowers in the garden. (Page 501)
Career (n.)
Prasert is unable to make a career of selling motor-cars, because he is too young.
- eat (v.)
They ate the bananas in this basket
have (V) breakfast
lunch, supper, dinner –
We have our dinner at six in the evening.
take (v.)
He had some medicine according to the doctor’s advice.
- same (adj.)
We wear the same hats every day.
similar (adj.) แปลว่า ” same
similar to:
Your shoes look similar to mine.
identical (adj.)
The twins are identical.
My wages are two hundred baht a week.
salary (n.) (Page 502)
His salary is only 3,000 baht a month.
fee.)
The fee for my education is 1,000 baht.
- all (adj.)
He put his all things in his house,
entire (adj.)
The entire car was covered with dust.
whole (adj.)
I ate the whole mangoes
total (adj.)
The total expenditures for the party last night reached 30,000 baht.
- take (v.)
Please take this book away.
I want to take him home after the work.
bring ()
Can you bring me a loaf of soap?
fetch (v.)
Please fetch me the knife in the kitchen.
- thief (n.) (Page 503)
The thief broke into my house and stole my ring.
burglar (n.) thief
The burglar stole her diamond ring last night.
robber (n.)
The robber knocked that man down and robbed him of money
- die (v.)
His grandmother died three years ago.
Every year a large number of hens die of pest.
The tree in my garden is dying.
dead (adj.) die dead
Verb to be
My friend’s uncle was dead a long time ago.
deceased (ad). n.)
The deceased for defense of the country should be praised.
I saw a deceased man lying under the tree.
Choose the correct word in parentheses for each of the following sentences.
- John (introduced, advised, guided) me to his new friend yesterday.
- My uncle has lived in Chiang Mai. He is a (citizen, native, population) there.
- This man is a liar. He never (says, speaks, tells the truth to anyone.
- Malai became (foolish, silly, dull) because of her headache, morever she didn’t have a rest.
- Our headmaster has (gone, been) to Italy. He is now in Italy.
- Now it is very hot in Bangkok. How about the (air, climate, weather) in paris? (Page 504)
- Walking along the road, he saw the money dropped on the ground so he (picked it up, gathered,
Collected) at once.
- i told him to come to my birthday party, but he came on the (mistake, error, wrong) day.
9 . May i (lend, borrow, loan) this book from the library today?
- The farmers (wish, want, need) the rain for their harvesting.
- She is (fairy, rather) too a fat woman, isn’t she?
- That man failed in his business a lot, he (murdered, executed, suicided) himself last night.
- Somsri speaks English very fluently. She is a (different, distinguished, various) student in the
Class.
- Pramotch used to be the (former, old, ancient) principal of this school, but now he retires.
- There are a lot of guests to stay with us. Please (do, make, act) the three bedrooms for them.
- It gave me a great pleasure to (welcome, receive, accept) your kind invitation.
- My elder brother detests Saudi Arabia, therefore he (denied, refused) to work there again.
- Kunavuth has (a good will, well-known, notorious) in the movie business.
- He has lived in Bangkok for two years. His (profession, occupation, career) is driving a taxi.
- The (all, total, entire) house was covered with dust. Nobody cleaned it.
- introduced
- native
- tells
- dull
- gone
- weather
- rather
- picked it up
- wrong
- borrow
- need
- rather
12 suicided
- distinguished
- former
- do
- accept
- refused
- a good will
- occupation
- entire (Page 505)