SUPER CONFUSING WORDS | Learn slight nuances to improve your vocabulary

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Let's take a look at some confusing words and learn the slight nuances to help you build your vocabulary.
Here are the words from the lesson if you'd like to review.
1. Convince vs Persuade
2. Fast vs Quick
3. Amiable vs Amicable
4. Eavesdrop vs Overhear
5. Borrow vs Lend
6. Revenge vs Vengeance
7. Imply vs Infer
8. Compliment vs Complement
9. Deny vs Refuse
10. Say vs Tell
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With a vengeance = vehemently

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Eavesdrop 👍🏻 interesting

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Dear teacher , you convinced me the slight different meaning between persuade and convince. To be honest , i learned it , from your video. Have a nice day.. May your shadow never grow less.

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Thank you again for a REALLY useful lesson! 'my request was DENIDED' vs ' my offer was REFUSED' These words were always confusing to me, but they are clear now !

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To lend sth TO sb To borrow sth FROM sb

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‘He persuaded/convinced me that it was a bad idea’. Either may be used with nuanced meaning. ‘Persuaded’ implies debate - the protagonist was of two minds as to the action. ‘Convinced’ - the protagonist may have had no preference or opinion/may not even have considered whether the idea was good or bad. Maybe it becomes clearer with ‘He persuaded me to buy a car’. ‘He convinced me to buy a car’.

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@@InteractiveEng Does the average native speaker know the difference between these pair of words and, therefore, when to use the correct one?

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@@InteractiveEng So, why is the expression "FAST FOOD" and not "QUICK FOOD" used?

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Good morning marry Christmas

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Compliment

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Revenge and vengeance I have seen many times have been used with collocations "wreak and inflict.

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Convinced

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Complement

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Eavesdrop

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Amiable

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Told tell

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❤

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Suma from Bangalore india

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the super confusing words in my list are cohesion and coherence/ objectives and aims/ theme and topic

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Imply

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Hi, Wes. Can you tell me the correct answer, please? She can't get used to …………… for such a large company. (A) work (B) working (C) being work (D) A&B

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B

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Persuade

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Overhear

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Implied

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Denied

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Overheard

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Quick

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Told say

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👍👍

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Lend

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Deny

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Refused

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Hi sir. I think. Righteousness must be with revenge and more personal with vengeance

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My English teachers used to tell us the importance of collocation Students in Asia are expected to “memorize” the fixed expressions Namely there’s no such expression as fast learner or quick food A number of scholars in the area of TESOL even argue that it is a waste of time to explain to beginners the tiny difference between fast and quick⋯teaching theory varies from scholar to scholar⋯no offense 😮

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Fast learner is used a lot

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Vengeance.

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Hello.

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El aprendió la lección

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Said tell

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The pitcher implies, while the catcher infers!

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Revenge

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Tell say

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Quick k

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but you could also say refuse someone's request, no? and then it becomes similar to that meaning you gave to "deny". I could say "my boss refused to give me a day off", can't I? ...

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Deny.

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Told me say

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My name is Alexandre Araújo de Carvalho.

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My friends broke up, but there was an amicable end to the relationship.

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Com0plement