Choose the right word ! (2)

[MystOGriff]

Hi everybody !

Ils se ressemblent, mais n’ont pas la même signification . Pour ne plus nous tromper, je vous propose ci-dessous de placer les mots que je vous propose pour compléter les phrases suivantes.

CORRECTION : VENDREDI 21 SEPTEMBRE 2007

1 – ABILITY - CAPACITY
A person has the .......... to be a fine musician even lacking the .......... to play « Chopsticks » on the piano.

2 - AFFLUENT – EFFLUENT
“Americans today are more .......... than ever.” “The river was polluted by .......... from a nearby chemical plant.”

3 – AMOUNT – NUMBER
A large .......... of dollars makes a large .......... of money.

4 – EAGER – ANXIOUS
I’m .......... to finish typing this exercise , but I’m .......... about whether anyone will read it.

5 – BRING – TAKE
We .......... in the newspaper, but we .......... out the trash. Well, sometimes !

6 – COMPARE TO – COMPARE WITH
A company’s profits for one year may be .......... its profits for the previous year, but a lively child should be .......... a young colt.

7 – CONSIST IN – CONSIST OF
“The art of economics .......... looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effect of any act or policy”. “An infantry battalion .......... three companies.”

8 – CONTINUALLY – CONTINUOUSLY
The Great Wall of China runs .......... for 1,500 miles.
The telephone rang .......... after we won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.

9 – DISTINGUISH – DIFFERENTIATE
The man’s eyesight was so poor that he was unable to .......... the sky from the water.
Scientists are able to .......... among dozens of different species.

10 – FOREBODING – FORBIDDING
She looked with ......... on the .......... task of climbing Mount Everest.


11 – HISTORIC – HISTORICAL
The Magna Carta is perhaps the world’s most precious .......... document.
Artefacts from the Civil War are of .......... significance, but they have little monetary value.

12 – PRECIPITOUS – PRECIPITATE
The horse made a .......... dash down the .......... hill.


13 – STIMULANT – STIMULUS
Coffe is a .......... that temporarily increases some bodily functions. A tax cut is a .......... to business.

14 – TURBID – TURGID
The child’s belly was .......... from malnutrition. The old man’s eyes were .......... as a result of cataracts.


I hope you'll enjoy, my friends !

MystO'Griff
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[Fame]

Hi Mysto

1 A person has the CAPACITY to be a fine musician even lacking the ABILITY to play « Chopsticks » on the piano.

2 “Americans today are more AFFLUENT than ever.” “The river was polluted by EFFLUENCE from a nearby chemical plant.”

3 A large NUMBER of dollars makes a large AMOUNT of money.

4 I’m EAGER to finish typing this exercise , but I’m ANXIOUS about whether anyone will read it.

5 We BRING in the newspaper, but we TAKE out the trash. Well, sometimes !

6 A company’s profits for one year may be COMPARED WITH its profits for the previous year, but a lively child should be COMPARED TO a young colt.

7 “The art of economics CONSISTS IN looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effect of any act or policy”. “An infantry battalion CONSISTS OF three companies.”

8 The Great Wall of China runs CONTINUOUSLY for 1,500 miles.
The telephone rang CONTINUALLY after we won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.

9 The man’s eyesight was so poor that he was unable to DISTINGUISH the sky from the water.
Scientists are able to DIFFERENTIATE among dozens of different species.

10 She looked with FOREBODING on the FORBIDDING task of climbing Mount Everest.


11 The Magna Carta is perhaps the world’s most precious HISTORICAL document.
Artefacts from the Civil War are of HISTORIC significance, but they have little monetary value.

12The horse made a PRECIPITATE dash down the PRECIPITOUS hill.


13 Coffe is a STIMULANT that temporarily increases some bodily functions. A tax cut is a STIMULUS to business.

14 The child’s belly was TURGID from malnutrition. The old man’s eyes were TURBID as a result of cataracts


What a work hope there aren't too many mistakes
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[Nobody]

Hi there!

1. ABILITY - CAPACITY
A person has the capacity to be a fine musician even lacking the ability to play « Chopsticks » on the piano.
2. AFFLUENT – EFFLUENT
“Americans today are more affluent than ever.” “The river was polluted by effluent from a nearby chemical plant.”
3. AMOUNT – NUMBER
A large number of €uros makes a large amount of money.
4 – EAGER – ANXIOUS
I’m eager to finish typing this exercise , but I’m anxious about whether anyone will read it.
5. BRING – TAKE
We bring in the newspaper, but we take out the trash. Well, sometimes!
6. COMPARE TO – COMPARE WITH
A company’s profits for one year may be compared to its profits for the previous year, but a lively child should be compared with a young colt.
7. CONSIST IN – CONSIST OF
“The art of economics consits in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effect of any act or policy”. “An infantry battalion consists of three companies.”
8. CONTINUALLY – CONTINUOUSLY
The Great Wall of China runs continuously for 1,500 miles.
The telephone rang continually after we won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.
9. DISTINGUISH – DIFFERENTIATE
The man’s eyesight was so poor that he was unable to distinguish the sky from the water.
Scientists are able to differentiate among dozens of different species.
10. FOREBODING – FORBIDDING
She looked with foreboding on the forbidding task of climbing Mount Everest.
11. HISTORIC – HISTORICAL
The Magna Carta is perhaps the world’s most precious historical document.
Artefacts from the Civil War are of historic significance, but they have little monetary value.
12. PRECIPITOUS – PRECIPITATE
The horse made a precipitate dash down the precipitous hill.
13. STIMULANT – STIMULUS
Coffe is a stimulant that temporarily increases some bodily functions. A tax cut is a stimulus to business.
14. TURBID – TURGID
The child’s belly was turgid from malnutrition. The old man’s eyes were turpid as a result of cataracts.

Waow!
Thank you my dear MystOoooooo...

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[MystOGriff]

Hi there !

Tout d'abord, je tiens à vous remercier, mes chers Fame et Nobody, pour avoir eu le courage de venir faire cet exercice... un peu long ???
Voici donc la correction, assortie des explications, pour tout le monde, naturellement.
En ce qui vous concerne, Ms Fame and Mr Nobody, je suis quelque peu étonnée de voir que vous deux seules erreurs concernent les phrases 6 et 11, sachant que Ms Fame a posté la première. Je suis donc heureuse de constater comme le courant passse bien entre vous !

1 – ABILITY - CAPACITY
A person has the CAPACITY to be a fine musician even lacking the ABILITY to play « Chopsticks » on the piano.
In other words , ability comes from making use of capacity.

2 - AFFLUENT – EFFLUENT
“Americans today are more AFFLUENT than ever.” “The river was polluted by EFFLUENT from a nearby chemical plant.”
Affluent is an adjective meaning prosperous. Effluent is a noun ; most often, it refers to wastes discharged from a manufacturing plant or a sewage-treatment facility.

3 – AMOUNT – NUMBER
A large NUMBER of dollars makes a large AMOUNT of money.
Amount is used when you cannot count the items to which you are referring, and when you are referring to singular nouns.
Number is used when you can count the items to which you are referring, and when you are referring to plural nouns.

4 – EAGER – ANXIOUS
I’m EAGER to finish typing this exercise, but I’m ANXIOUS about whether anyone will read it.
Eager means “enthusiastic, desirous” and denotes pleasant feelings. The primary meaning of anxious is “worried” ; it is an unpleasant sensation.
5 – BRING – TAKE
We BRING in the newspaper, but we TAKE out the trash. Well, sometimes !
Bring implies motion toward the speaker or writer ; take implies motion away from the speaker or writer.

6 – COMPARE TO – COMPARE WITH
A company’s profits for one year may be COMPARED WITH its profits for the previous year, but a lively child should be COMPARED TO a young colt.
Use “compare to” when discussing things that are dissimilar. Use “compare with” when discussing things of the same category.

7 – CONSIST IN – CONSIST OF
“The art of economics CONSISTS IN looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effect of any act or policy”. “An infantry battalion CONSISTS OF three companies.”
Consist in introduces a definition or a discussion of identifying characteristics. Consist of introduces a discussion of components.

8 – CONTINUALLY – CONTINUOUSLY
The Great Wall of China runs CONTINOUSLY for 1,500 miles.
The telephone rang CONTINUALLY after we won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.
Continuous means “unbroken” ; “continual means “repetitive”.

9 – DISTINGUISH – DIFFERENTIATE
The man’s eyesight was so poor that he was unable to DISTINGUISH the sky from the water.
Scientists are able to DIFFERENTIATE among dozens of different species.
To distinguish is to perceive differences ; to differentiate is to point out differences.

10 – FOREBODING – FORBIDDING
She looked with FOREBODING on the FORBIDDING task of climbing Mount Everest.
A foreboding (noun) is a feeling or sense that something evil or ominius is about to happen. Forbidding (adjective) means “grim, difficult, dangerous, menacing”.

11 – HISTORIC – HISTORICAL
The Magna Carta is perhaps the world’s most precious HISTORIC document.
Artefacts from the Civil War are of HISTORICAL significance, but they have little monetary value.
The distinction here is fine but worth making. Historic should be reseved for places, things, and events of great significance. Historical refers to history, often in the sense of a particular period of history, or to history as a subject.

12 – PRECIPITOUS – PRECIPITATE
The horse made a PRECIPITATE dash down the PRECIPITOUS hill.
Precipitate means “sudden, rash, unwise”. Precipituous means “very steep”.

13 – STIMULANT – STIMULUS
Coffe is a STIMULANT that temporarily increases some bodily functions. A tax cut is a STIMULUS to business.
A stimulant produces a short-term effect ; a stimulus is longer lasting.

14 – TURBID – TURGID
The child’s belly was TURGID from malnutrition. The old man’s eyes were TURBID as a result of cataracts.
Turgid means “swollen” ; turbid means “cloudy or muddy”.


A très vite, mes amis, et bravo , même si j'aurais bien dû me douter que ce vocabulaire était un peu trop facile pour vous

MystO'Griff
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[Nobody]

J'avais bien entendu relevé les différences (phrase 6) et les similitudes (toutes les autres, y compris la phrase 11) avec les réponses proposées par Fame... et je m'attendais donc hélas à une insinuation à ce sujet.

En vérité, j'avais passé un assez long moment sur cet exercice. Au moment du publier mes réponses, pris d'un doute, j'avais consulté un dictionnaire anglais Oxford "advanced learners"... J'y avais trouvé "historical document"... et "compared with something"... d'où mes réponses.



Tu n'as pas à te justifier mon cher Nobody ... et puis, comme beaucoup le savent déjà, toi et moi c'est de la télépathie
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[MystOGriff]

Of course, je confirme, pour tout le monde la télépathie ! Notre ami Nobody est toujours très honnête et appliqué dans ses devoirs

MystO'
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