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Clothing is a more formal word used to refer to a person’s clothes, either in a general way, or when talking about specific types of clothes worn for particular jobs or by particular peo[r]
(1)ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS – 05 choose, elect If you choose something or someone from a group of things or people, you decide which one you want - She staredfor a moment at the clothes hanging in the closet, then chose a simple, severe blue sutí - A prince in my position isfree to choose men to serve himfor their ability If someone chooses to something, they it because they want to or because they feel it is right - Most visitors to these parts choose to travel by bicycle or to walk - They could fire employees whenever they chose If a group of people elect someone to represent them or to a particular job, they choose them by voting for them rather than for another person - They elected a manfrom the southern Bendel state as their chairman - They met to elect a president If you elect to something, you choose to it This is a formal use - They may elect to opt out of the scheme classic, classical, classics Something that is described as classic is an absolutely typical example of its kind - It is a classic example of what I can only call Masculine Logic - Otto broke off, shaking his head in the classic manner of one baffled beyond all hope of illumination You also use classic to describe something such as a book or film which is of a very high quality and has become a standard against which similar things are judged - one of the classic works of the Hollywood cinema In this sense, classic can also be used as a noun - a great classic of English literature - cheap paperback editions of the classics Classical describes things that are traditional in their form, style, or content, and that have existed for a long time Classical things are often contrasted with modem things - the company’s American-style blend ofmodern and classical dance - a central flaw within classical euphuism Classics is the study of the language and literature of Ancient Greece and Rome - Tâm Vy had studied classics and philosophy at Oxford • Note that classical is also the adjective related to classics - Traditionally in Europe the subjects of study were classical languages, history and the natural sciences cloth, clothes, clothing Cloth is material made from fibres such as cotton, wool, or nylon - machine-woven cloth Thẩm Tâm Vy, August 19th, 2020 .strips of cotton cloth A cloth is a piece of cloth The plural is cloths - Remove tea stains from china with a damp cloth - Rinse out cleaning cloths after use and hang to dry Your clothes are the things you wear, such as shirts, coats, trousers, and dresses Note that there is no singular form of clothes - She laid the baby down and quickly started taking off its clothes - He washed his summer clothes and put them away Clothing is a more formal word used to refer to a person’s clothes, either in a general way, or when talking about specific types of clothes worn for particular jobs or by particular people [y phục; trang phục] - He takes off his wet clothing - prison clothing - They have to wear spacesuit-style protective clothing If you want to refer to one garment, you can talk about a piece of clothing or an article of clothing - He has been identified as the man who visited Malta and bought a number of articles of clothing from a boutique coast, beach, shore The coast is the area of land which lies alongside the sea When you talk about a coast, you may mean just the land close to the sea, or a wider area inland - To the north and south the coast is rock for the most part - At this time sea kale was a relatively common plant around the coasts - a protest at official plans to site a third London airport on the Essex coast A beach is a flat area immediately next to the sea that is usually covered in sand or pebbles - Tourists go there to walk on the beach - Gradually the oil stains were cleaned from the beaches The shore is the area of land along the edge of the sea, a lake, or a wide river - Bronzed men surfed into the shore on curling waves - We could see the trees on the other shore comprehend, understand If you comprehend something, you know what its meaning is or why it is the way it is Comprehend is only used in fairly formal or literary language, and usually with a negative to say that someone cannot comprehend something - Her face was blank and numb as though she could no longer comprehend the reality around her - He could not comprehend how Grant had ever been selected for this mission It is much rnore usual to say that someone understands a situation or a problem - And because I can go no further, you must go alone Do you understand?’ - Maorris felt he understood more deeply, now, what McLuhan was setting at ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 05 DeThi.edu.vn (2) contest, competition A contest s a struggle to win power or control, especially in politics The noun contest is pronounced /’kɒntest/ - the contest for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party A contest or competition is an event in which people take part in order to find out who is the best at something, especially in order to win a prize They usually involve tests of knowledge, speed, skill, or talent - The local radio station was sponsoring a contest to find the most popular high school athlete - Her insurance company employers held sales contests for its staff, with merchandise prizes - She won several competitionsfor rock-and-roll dancing - a magazine full of competitions and activities If only two people are involved, you usually use contest For example, if you are talking about an event in a sport such as boxing or wrestling, you refer to it as a contest - the heavyweight contest between Muhammad All and the Canadian champion Trevor Berbick A competition is often more serious than a contest, with more complicated rules or more complicated things to It may take place over a longer period of time, and the entrants may have to several different things - the 1981 Lorry Driver of the Year competition - His greatest disappointment was that he didn't win the competition to the Byron memorial in Hyde Park GRAMMAR Contest is also a verb If you contest something such as a decision or a will, you object to it formally and oppose it, sometimes aggressively The verb contest is pronounced /kɒnˈtest/ - I am going to contest the will - We would hotly contest this idea - If parliamentary candidates contest a seat, they try and win it - There was a by election contested by six candidates Competition is used most commonly as an uncount noun to describe a situation in which two or more people or organizations are trying to get something that only one of them can have When they are in this situation, you can say that they are in competition - As the population expanded, so did the competition for land - Samsung is likely to face some stiff competition from Apple - The two parties were not in competition with each other Note that ’contest’ is not used in this way - the necessityfor continual change by managers and workers alike - The world that people thought to be stable was instead undergoing continuous dynamic change This would keep society in a condition of constant change If you are describing something undesirable which continues to happen or exist without stopping, it is better to use continual than ‘continuous’ [liên tục tiếp tục] - Continual police pressures were brought to bear against Card to get him to wtihdraw his statement - Her continual demands on me were affecting my work - It was sad to see her the victim of continual pain Continual is also used to describe things which happen repeatedly - Nino Valenti’s face was handsome though bloated by continual drinking - The management refused to deal with him because ofhis continual disruptive activities You describe something as continuous when it happens all the time without any interruption at all, or seems to happen without any interruption - After days of continuous rain in the area the Telle River was in flood - The Kirks spent the summer in a state of continuous excitement - When standing you sway slightly forwards and backwards continuously although you are unaware of it Note that continual is only used in front of a noun Continuous be used in front of a noun and after a verb such as ‘be’ - He gave continual thought to these two questions - The landscape has undergone continuous transformations - These recordings are in sequence and continuous You describe something as constant when it happens all the time or is always there - He was in constant pain - He had to recognize the truth of Eva’s constant criticism that he wasn’t a man OTHER WORDS You say that something happens continually, continuously, or constantly - I shivered and sweated continually - Bev and I studied continuously, either in the library or in our rooms - For the first six weeks in Naples I was constantly cold …to be continied continual, continuous, constant You use continual, continuous, and constant to describe things which continue to happen or exist without stopping Thẩm Tâm Vy, August 19th, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 05 DeThi.edu.vn (3)