#confusing words

[aaiieell]

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Commonly Confused Adjectives ( -ic/ical)

classic/classical comic/comical economic/economical electric/electrical historic/historical lyric/lyrical magic/magical politic/political

[chouhatsumimi]

Words from Noragami, ch. 31

Words in bold are particularly relevant to the story, and words in italics seem like they’d be worth remembering outside the context of the manga. Bold and italic together means they’ve probably appeared somewhere in Noragami more than once. This list also includes eight words from the omake manga at the end of volume 8.

バカップル love birds, sickeningly sweet and soppy couple [from バカ+カップル]

衣替え, 更衣, 衣更え ころもがえ seasonal change of clothing, changing one's dress for the season, renovation, facelift, redesign, redecoration, new appearance, fresh look / cambio estacional de ropa, cambiarse de ropa para la estación

修業 しゅうぎょう, しゅぎょう pursuit of knowledge, studying, learning, training, completing a course / Estudio, formación, aprendizaje, capacitación

囷 キン, コン / くら round-shaped storage bin for grain [Kuraha]

音沙汰, 音さた おとさた news (from someone), word, contact

査問 さもん inquiry, enquiry, hearing / indagación, investigación

思い上がる, 思いあがる おもいあがる to be conceited / ensimismarse, vanagloriarse

憑依 ひょうい dependence, depending on, possession (by a spirit, etc.)

武具 ぶぐ arms, weapons (of war), armor, armour

すまい state, situation, circumstances

運動音痴 うんどうおんち having slow reflexes, being nonathletic, person who is not athletic / tener reflejos lentos, no deportista, persona que no es atlética

舫い, 舫 もやい painter, mooring rope

亀甲模様 きっこうもよう hexagonal pattern [lit. Turtle Shell pattern]

舫結び, 舫い結び, もやい結び もやいむすび bowline (knot)

強運 きょううん very good luck, excellent fortune / buena suerte

口伝 くでん, こうでん oral instruction, passing information by word-of-mouth, oral tradition

天網 てんもう heaven's vengeance, heaven's net

ざる not, un-

笊 ざる draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo), colander, strainer, sieve, something full of holes, zaru soba, strong drinker, someone who can drink like a fish

折檻 せっかん physical punishment, beating, smacking, spanking, severe scolding, chastisement, discipline / reprensión, reprimenda, castigo

減殺 げんさい, げんさつ lessening, diminishing, reducing

若様, 若さま わかさま young master, son of a high-ranking person

屈する くっする to yield, to give in, to be daunted, to shrink, to bend (knee, etc.), to subdue, to overpower, to feel down / doblarse, agacharse, doblegarse, someterse

察する さっする to guess, to sense, to presume, to judge, to sympathize with, to sympathise with / adivinar, conjeturar, juzgar, sentir

躱す, 避わす かわす to dodge, to evade, to avoid, to sidestep / esquivar, evadir

交わす, 交す かわす to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.), to intersect, to cross, to interlace, ... with one another, ... to each other / intercambiar(mensajes), esquivar, evitar, apartar

捨てる, 棄てる すてる to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard, to abandon, to desert, to leave, to give up, to resign / botar, tirar, descartar, abandonar, resignar, romper (con alguien)

ジビエ wild game

球児 きゅうじ baseball-playing teenager, high-school baseball player

奴 やつ, しゃつ fellow, guy, chap, thing, object, he, she, him, her / (despectivo o familiar) él, ella, (despectivo o familiar) él, ella, (despectivo) (ese) tío, (ese) tipo, cosa, objeto

奴 め damn, bastard, humble / sufijo que indica desprecio o humildad

奴 やっこ servant (esp. a samurai's attendant), chivalrous man (Edo period), cubed tofu (often served cold), kite shaped like an Edo-period footman, Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants, enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime), he, she, him, her

リーマンショック, リーマン・ショック 2008 financial crisis, global financial crisis, GFC

算段 さんだん trying to think of a way (to), devising means (to), working out (how to do), contriving (to raise money), managing

神話 しんわ myth, legend / mito, leyenda

- Ch. 30 | Ch. 32 -

[learnenglishwithkatie]

[flowersandspacestuff]

What if...

Actors are actually immortal. See Eddie Redmayne: "..we have but one life on this planet." but actors have far more than just the one? I mean, think about it? Maybe not in years, but in the act of living? An actor could have infinite lives. Also see, what if immortality doesn't refer to length of life, but instead amount of life. Very similar idea, and amount could have been confused a long time ago into length, which could be why we view immortality as living forever. But it just maybe means having an infinite amount of life, and not an infinite amount of time spent living. So perhaps, you could consider the universe to be immortal in the sense that it is an infinite (ever expanding) amount. And then, does immortality refer to ever expanding? Because in this case, everything is immortal until it is done/gone/dead. But what about the literal meaning of the word? Immortal. Not mortal. Mortal meaning, something that ceases living at some point (that's the important part of the definition for this frame of reference) so then all things that cease to be or be alive at some point are mortal, and therefore not immortal. But all things that are alive (by general standard) do cease to be so, and then nothing is immortal? Also all things that are not alive are immortal? Onlythinga that are not alive are immortal?

[symkorean]

Words which are confusing to me - part 1

아주 (aju):  very (much), so, extremely 어제는 아주 더웠다 = It was so [extremely] hot yesterday 아주 즐거웠다 = I enjoyed it very much.

자주 (jaju):  often, frequently 우리는 그 식당에 자주 간다 = We go to that restaurant often. 요즘은 비가 자주 온다  = It rains frequently these days.

[harmonyinkpress]

Tips from a YA Editor by Anne Regan: Commonly Confused Words Part 3

They may sound the same, but they don’t mean the same thing!

Spellcheck won’t catch them because they’re valid words—just misused.

Pore / Pour

To pore is to gaze intently, study, or ponder.

The detective pored over the mysterious note, trying to infer its meaning.

Pour means to produce in a steady stream.

Rain poured over the crime scene, obliterating any clues.

Reign / Rein

Reign means to rule or possess supreme power.

Snickers reigns supreme as the best-selling candy bar.

To rein is to check or restrain something, as if guiding a horse by its reins.

I try to rein in my candy consumption, but it’s a lost cause.

Sight / Site

Sight refers to something seen or the act of seeing it.

After walking all day, we finally caught sight of the mountain.

The sunset over the ocean was a majestic sight.

A site is a specific location.

Daytona Beach is a popular site for spring break celebrations.

Taught / Taut

Taught is the past tense of teach, meaning to educate on a subject.

Amy taught me how to knit.

Taut means tightly drawn, trim, firm.

Eric wondered if he would ever achieve his trainer’s taut muscles.

What other misused words have you noticed?

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[aaiieell]

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What's the difference in meaning between these two nouns?

Even though they look similar , they don't mean the same thing.

Have a look at this sheet to find out.

[aaiieell]

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 ADVANCED ENGLISH

Difference between the adjectives INAPT, INEPT AND ADEPT.