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CONFUSING WORDS
“know someone” versus “meet someone” “alone” versus “lonely”
If you “know someone” you have met them If you are “alone”, no one is with you. For example, “I
previously. For example, “I have known Janie can’t believe that Martin travelled alone through Euro-
since university.” pe for two weeks.”
If you “meet someone” you see them and If you are “lonely”, you feel depressed and sad because
speak to them for the first time. no one is with you. For example, “Living away from
For example, “Hello, my name is Clara. It’s home can be lonely at first.”
nice to meet you, Sir.”
You also “meet someone” if you plan to see
that person at a later time. For example,
“Let’s meet at the cinema.”
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A “desert” is a large area of sand such as the Sahara.
For example, “We walked for two hours in the
burning desert sun.”
A “dessert” is food that is sweet and often eaten
at the end of a meal. For example, “Chocolate
cake is my favourite dessert.”
“to feel cold” versus “to have a cold” Exercise: Choose the correct answer
If you “feel cold” you are not warm. For 1. He says he’s really ill, but I think he just has/feel
example, “She felt cold because she didn’t a cold.
have a jacket.”
2. Hey don’t I know/meet you from somewhere?
If you “have a cold”, you are sick and you Weren’t we at school together?
sneeze a lot. For example, “Albert hasn’t 3. Do you see that man over there? I’m sure I’ve met/
been at work this week because he has a bad known him before.
cold. 4. OK, so you want a steak for the main course, but
what would you like for dessert/desert?
5. Her parents lived in Zambia when she was younger,
and when she went to visit, she often went on the plane
lonely/alone.
6. Could you come round to my house? I’ve got no one
to talk to and I’m feeling really lonely/alone.
7. Could we close the window, please? I am feeling
cold/have a cold.
8. We almost died as we were travelling through the
dessert/desert with very little water.
