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Vocab 8
Common Usage Mistakes
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English
Undergraduate 1
01/04/2013

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against (preposition)
Definition
1 used to say that sb. opposes or disagrees with sth.
2 used to say that an action is not wanted or approved by sb.
3 used to say who sb. is completing with or trying to defeat in a game
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afraid (adj)
Definition
frightened or worried
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fear (vt/vi) (cn/un)
Definition
(vi/vt)to feel afraid or worried
(cn/un) a feeling you get when you are afraid or worried
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danger (un)
Definition
the possibility that sb. or sth. will be harmed, destroyed or killed
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dangerous (adj)
Definition
able or likely to harm or kill you
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fight (vt/vi)
Definition
to participate in a war, or to battle against sb.
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force (vt)
Definition
to make sb. do sth. they don't want to do
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make (vt)
Definition
1 to force sb. to do sth. they don't want to do
2 to change sb. so that they start feeling or doing sth. different
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let (vt)
Definition
1 to permit or allow sb. to do sth. they want to do
2 to allow sb. to continue to do sth. they are already doing
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agree (vt/vi)
Definition
1 to have or express the same opinion about sth. as sb. else
2 to say yes to an idea, plan or suggestion
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want to (vt)
Definition
to have a desire for sth.
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arrive (vi)
Definition
to get to the place you are going
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listen (vi)
Definition
to pay attention to what sb. is saying or to a sound that you can hear
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should (modal)
Definition
used to say what is the right or sensible thing to do
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one the one hand...one the other hand
(idiom)
Definition
this is a phrase you use when you are speaking about two different facts or two opposite ways of thinking about a situation
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