Confusing verbs

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Know and Meet You use meet when you see somebody for first time. You use know when you know somebody for a period of time after the 1st time.
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I met her in a pub in Halesowen last summer. Ive known her for a year now. (Des de fa un any). Do you know a boy called Johan Frum? (Lhas de conixer). Although Simon didnt know anyone at the party, he quickly made friends with everyone. Jim met a lot of nice people on his trip to Iceland.

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Make and Do We use make for creative activities:

She makes her own clothes.

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We also use make with: an appointment (cita) - a mistake - a fortune

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an offer (oferiment) - a suggestion - a complaint (queixa) - an effort (esfor)

a promise a decision money a journey (viatge) make a telephone call make the bed make a breakfast

progress

We use do to refer to jobs, or responsibilities. These are often routine things:

I do the shopping once a week.

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We also use do with:

your homework the housework a job assignment (tasca) a promise do something well/ badly do your best do something right/ wrong do the minimum/the maximumdo damage

I have to make a telephone call. She didnt her best so she felt sad. It was the first time she didnt make the beds She was late so didnt make breakfast for them. He did the assignment, but forgot to bring (portar) it to school. He has to do the housework /chores before he can go. If you make the dinner, Ill do the washing up.

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Carry and Wear You carry somebody or something from one place to another. You wear something on your body.

Every evening at 8.00 John carries his grandson upstairs (damunt) to bed and reads him a story. Im invited to Marys wedding, do I have wear a tie? Of course, everybody will be well-dressed. What do you think of my new friends? Well its obvious who wears the trousers in that family. After accident all the injured (ferits) were carried away on stretchers (llitera). Was Lorry (cami) injured in the accident? No, she was wearing a seatbelt (cintur). She was wearing blue earrings and carrying a red handbag.

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Lend and Borrow Borrow to take and use something that belong (pertany) to somebody else (una altra persona). Implica prendre alguna cosa prestada (amb la intenci de tornar-la passat un temps).

May I borrow your pencil? - Did you borrow that book from the library?
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Lend to give (donar) something to somebody that belongs to you. Significa prestar o deixar alguna cosa durant un perode de temps esperar que sigui.

If you need a pencil I can lend you one. - Could you lend me some money, please? - Some pupils can borrow books from their school.
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Will you lend me your umbrella till tomorrow? - Should lend him my football? - You may borrow my bike, but be careful.
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Waste Spend

You spend money or time on something. To spend is to use money or time buying or doing something. You waste (malgastar) money or time on something. Waste means to spend badly. To waste is to spend too much money, too much time or to use some resource more than what is necessary.

Spend (spent, spent) He has spent a lot of money on his car. She spends her time reading. Waste (wasted, wasted) He has wasted a lot money on things like that. She wastes her time playing silly games.
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Earn Win You earn money with your work. You win a competition, money or a prize, with an effort made in a particular moment.

Tiger Woods has already won a lot of golf tournaments and earned a fortune and hes still quite young.

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Say Tell

We say when we speak for any purpose without having necessarily anyone hearing us.

We tell when: -

We give oral information about something or someone to another person. - We narrate a story.

What did your mum say? - She told me. I couldnt go out to say.
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See Look at Watch

You watch something when you observe it or guard it, or just when you pay attention to it for a while.

You look at something when you pay attention to it, usually

for a short time.

You see something when your eyes are open and the image

gets into your retina.

Do I look OK, Dad? (Estic b pare?)

You look fantastic (Ests fantstica) in fact you looked like your mum when she was young. (de fet tassembles a la teva mare quan era jove.)

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Hope Wait - Expect - Look forward to

Jack was hoping (tenir lesperana) that his girlfriend would call to say she was sorry. He waited by the phone all evening but, unfortunately, she never called him.

Expect- To think that something will happen because it has been planned or it seems probable. One can expect good or bad things. Example: - I expect it will rain at the weekend. - I'm expecting John to phone at three. - She's expecting a baby.

Hope-To want something to happen or to be true. One only hopes for good things. Example: - I hope it won't rain during the holidays. - I hope the exam goes well. - She's pregnant. She's hoping it will be a girl.

Wait- We wait when somebody or something is late, or when we are early for something, or when we want time to pass so that something will happen. Example:

- We've been waiting for rain for ages. - I waited for her until three, but she didn't arrive.

Look forward to- to think about something that is going to happen with pleasure. Example: - He's looking forward to his birthday.

Look forward to is the verb we use in letters as a farewell formula, always with -ing if another verb follows:
- I look forward to hearing from you soon (present simple in formal letters).

- I'm looking forward to meeting you (present continuous in informal letters).

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Look Look like

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Hear Listen to
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