Những từ gây nhầm lần trong Tiếng Anh - Phần 7 - Thấm Tâm Vy

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS – 07 after all, at last, finally, in the end, lastly, last of all You use after all when you are mentioning an additional pointwhich confirms or supports what you have just said, - Thẹy did not expect heavy losses in the air; after all, they had superb aircraft. - They didn’t bother to tie me up. After all, there werefour, five, six of them there, mostly with handguns. You also use after all to say that something is the case or may be the case in spite of what had previously been thought. - Could it be true, after all, that money dùi not bring happiness? - Perhaps it isn’t such a bad village after all. Yoa do not use ‘after all’ to talk about what happens at the end of a long period. You use at last, finally, in the end, or last of all. You use at last or finally to say that something happens after you have been waiting for it or expecting it for a long time. You can use at last at the end of a sentence. - The storm that had threatened for so long broke at last. Finally usually comes either at the beginning of a sentence or in front of a verb. - After another search on the map they finally located it. You also use finally to talk about an act or result that is last in a series of things. - Gorky lived in turn in Turkey, France, Norway, and finally Mexico. - Let’s come finally to the question ofpensions. You use in the end when you are talking about a situation that comes about after a long time or after a long process. - Perhaps the police got him in the end, ’ Sam said. - The performance was quite a success in the end. - In the end, Peter seemed quite happy and so did I. You use lastly to talk about the last of a series of people or things. - Then I went through the bathroom and lastly the bed-sitting room. - Lastly he jabbed the knife hard into the trunk ofthe tree. You use last of all to emphasize that there is nobody or nothing else after the person or thing you mention. - In rapid succession hisfriends’ faces appear and disappear; last of all he sees Lewis Seidel’s maddening smile. - Last of all came the cat. ago, before, for, since You use ago to connect a time in the past with the moment of speaking. If you are speaking on Friday and you say that something happened two days ago, you mean that it happened on Wednesday. - The land was acquired by the University two years ago. - I discovered afew days ago that Weiss was Houdini's real name.. Thẩm Tâm Vy, August 20th, 2020. You use before to connect a time in the past with a more recent time in the past If you are talking about what you did last Wednesday and you say that you met someone two days before, you mean that you met them last Monday. - She said that, about six months before, she had gone to see an aunt who lived in Stoneyvale. - …a woman he had first met twenty minutes before. You use for to say how long a period lasts in the past, present, or future. If you say that you have been doing something for two days, you mean that you have spent the last two days doing it all the time or part of the time. - She sat down and remained absolutely still for nearly half an hour. - He had disappeared for three weeks after that. - I will ruin us for several years. You also use for to say how much time passes without something happening. If you are speaking on Friday and you say that you have not done something for two days, you mean that the last time you did it was on Wednesday. - Ỉ hadn't seen him for four years. - He couldn't bring himself to eat their food, and he hadn’t eaten for days. You use since to say when a period started. If you are speaking on Friday and you say that you have been doing something since Wednesday, you mean that you have spent the last two days doing it. - She had been a manager of Fairacre School since the reign of King Edward the Seventh. - She has been working with the group since it began. - Brazil is to have itsfirst civilian president since the military regime was set up 17years ago. You also use since to say either when the last time was that something happened, or how much time passes without something happening. If you are speaking on Friday and you say that you have not done something since Wednesday, or that it is two days since you did something, you mean that the last time you did that thing was on Wednesday. - Probably she hadn't touchedfood since breakfast. - It was a shamefully long time since either she or Tusker had been to church. alive, living, lively Someone who is alive has not died and their Hfe continues. You use alive after a link verb like ‘be’, or occasionally after a noun. You do not use ‘alive’ in front of a noun. - She didn’t say whether he was still alive. - I am the happiest man alive. A living person, animal, or plant has life and is different from someone who is dead or something that does not have life. - ...or see living artists at their work. - Baboons, even the smaller living species, are veryformidable creatures. ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 07. DeThi.edu.vn.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> Someone who is lively is active and enthusiastic. Behaviour and activities can also be described as lively. - Before her marriage she had been lively and alert and carefree. - The debate promises to be lively. alone, lonely, lone If someone is alone, there is nobody with them. If someone does something alone, nobody does it with them. They may be happy or sad to be alone. Note that you do not use ‘alone’ in front of a noun. - Again hefeels he is alone. - I quite like travelling alone, actually. If someone is lonely, they are sad that there is nobody with them or that they do not have any friends. - It will be so dull and lonely here without you. - We started it mainly with the aim of helping lonely people. If you talk about a lone person or thing, there is only one person or thing of that kind present, when you might expect there to be more. Note that lone is always used in front of a noun. - In an American suburban street a lone pedestrian is more conspicuous than a lone motorist. - Suddenly a lone figure came struggling out of the swamps. altogether, all together You use altogether as an adverb to emphasize that something has stopped or has been done or finished completely. If you say that something stops altogether, you mean that it stops completely; if you say that you have given something up altogether, you mean that you no longer do it at all. - Quite soon she stopped trembling altogether and began to look round at them. - This does not mean that people should go without breakfast altogether. You can also use altogether to emphasize a quality in someone or something. If you say that two things are altogether different, you mean that they are completely different. If you say that something is altogether more interesting, you mean that it is much more interesting, and if you say that something is altogether too slow, you mean that it is much too slow. - Your sources of supply are altogether different from those ofa normal retail business. - What troubled me was altogether vaguer and deeper. You can also use altogether to sum up a situation you have been discussing and make a final judgement. - Altogether our playground is a good one. - Altogether, caution and courage are necessary. - Yes, it’s quite a pleasant place altogether. You also use altogether to show that an amount is a total. If you say that something cost a hundred pounds altogether, you mean that the total cost was a hundred pounds; if you say that ten people were present altogether, you mean that there were a total of ten people present th. Thẩm Tâm Vy, August 20 , 2020. - Altogether there must have been about twenty babies. - Altogether I went back to her about seven times. - You will get £340 a week altogether. You use all together to say that a group of people or things are together or do something together, and that none of them is missing. You can also talk about bringing people all together if you bring everyone to a particular place. - It had been so long since the days when we were all together – at tome, secure, sheltered. - Each organ depends on the other and all together make up the whole. - When we have enough, we pour it all together in a pot and heat it. - Students may be accommodated all together on a vast campus. anger, fury, rage You feel anger when someone does something that is cruel or that frustrates you. You can feel anger about things like insults or delays. - Impatience is the first reaction against a setback and can soon turn to anger ifyou’re not careful. - There was anger at the suffering inflicted by the bombing. If you feel fury or rage, you have intense feelings of anger which are hard to control and can be violent You can also be ‘in a fury’ or ‘in a rage’. - I nearly smashed the phone in fury. - Thomas flew into a cold fury, which Fanny observed with terror. - So great was their rage that they began to destroy everything in sight. - In a rage I went to hỉs desk, took all his hooks and hurled them out of the window. annoyance, irritation You feel annoyance when someone does something that you do not like, or when you cannot do what you want to do. - To his considerable annoyance, Francis did not accept the idea immediately. - ‘Why didn’t you tell me?’ Jimmie failed to keep the annoyance out of his voice. Irritation can be used with the same meaning as annoyance. However, it is more often used if something you do not like goes on for a long time. - I still felt an increasing irritation as I watched her. - They remain a source of constant irritation to both mother and father. asleep, sleeping You use asleep and sleeping to describe people when they sleep. You only use asleep after a link verb like ‘be’ or in the phrase ‘to fall asleep’. - Don’t make any noise. Guy’s asleep. - It is good, too, for babies to get used to falling asleep in their own bed. When you use sleeping as an adjective, it comes in front of a noun. - The house wasfull of sleeping children. - Ginny stood looking down at her sleeping mother. … to be continued ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 07. DeThi.edu.vn.

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