Confusing words – part 56
RAVAGE / RAVISH
She would be too ashamed to confide in the abbess about how she was by a stranger.
Younger women are also not immune to the of this disease.
Almost miraculously, these structures were spared the of the 1906 earthquake.
One night a wolf comes and kills many chickens and a lamb.
REVIEW / REVUE
With exams approaching, it's a good idea to your class notes.
Anyone who has seen a of their sketches knows how deliriously funny their work can be.
Do you go out of your way to seek out in newspapers and magazines?
Do not look here for wit, satire, or dazzling invention, in which the old-time abounded.
In yesterday's military , the army presented the largest parade of troops in recent years to President Chen.
SAVER / SAVOUR
Slow down your eating, your food, and enjoy sharing life with family and friends.
Okay, let's say you are an exceptional and are able to save 20% or your yearly income.
The notes of nut and marmalade add great to rashers and crispy black pudding.
An annual check-up can be a significant money-.
SETTLER / SETTLOR
In New Zealand, European blackberries introduced by white are common.
The , having established the trust has no power thereafter to amend.
Colonial generally come to a country with which they have no previous connection.
Accordingly any benefits derived by the were not derived from the interests given.
SAW / SOAR / SORE
The muscles in my legs still feel very after all that exercise.
Jacob awoke on a cold morning to an unending beeping and a sound only comparable to a cutting wood.
Temperatures will over the weekend, say the weather forecasters.
Everyone else was in jeans and T-shirts and I had my office clothes on - I stuck out like a thumb.
I watched a plane with blinking red and blue lights out into the dark sky.
He himself as a professor of the holy scriptures and a teacher of the church.
SUBSTITUTE / SUBSTITUTION
It looks as though the coach is going to make a substitutesubstitution.
Vitamins should not be used as a substitutesubstitution for a healthy diet.
You can read about other countries, but there's no substitutesubstitution for visiting them yourself.
There is no other member of the club who can currently replace him, and that showed after his substitutesubstitution.
TEAS / TEASE
Johnny, don't be such a - leave your sister alone!
In general, black and oolong should steep for 3 to 5 minutes.
There had to be an answer–he was sure he could it out if only he had time.
Drink at least eight glasses of water, herbal and unsweetened fruit juice.
Yeah, it can even be the same red that matadors use to the bull to charge.
TON / TUN
I’m afraid that will cost you a or more.
The itself came to mean a specific size equal to four hogsheads or about 208 gallons.
Realization hit her like a of bricks and she staggered under the weight of it.
He gave the order for a of the local wine to be delivered by packman to the Earl's castle in late summer.
Customs officers have seized nearly a of heroin destined for New York.
TURBAN / TURBINE
He put the robe over his plaid shirt and jeans, wrapped the turbanturbine up, and pulled the fluttering silk scarf over his brown beard.
After powering the turbansturbines, the steam is condensed back into liquid by the cooling tower.
Miss Hannah is here," she said, adjusting the old blue turbanturbine that she always wore on her head.
It uses the flow of water to turn a miniature turbanturbine that creates an electric spark that lights the pilot.
VENAL / VENIAL
Luckily, the production is strong enough elsewhere for this to remain a venalvenial sin.
They are accused of being involved in venalvenial practices.
He regarded publishers, agents and reviewers as stupid and venalvenial.
The teacher did not take off points for the venalvenial errors in my paper.
