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Confusing words - part 64




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Confusing words – part 64

PRINCE / PRINTS 

The has two bodyguards watching over him every hour of the day.

After you've stored your , you place your finger on the pad and within two seconds it unlocks.

On Saturday, I bought two of beautiful black-and-white photographs.’

To his 19th-century peers, Robert Brown was the of botany.

In this living room we've mixed glorious floral .

 

REALITY / REALTY

I like the idea of living in the countryside but I'm not sure I'd like the .

Our agent says the sales contract is valid.

He escaped from by going to the cinema every afternoon.

The city of Mount Vernon was founded in 1851 by several companies.

 

ROE / ROW

A rice porridge called ciporosayo was prepared by adding salmon to boiled grains.

Teachers have a tough to hoe in today's schools.

Did you manage to patch things up with Jackie after your ?

The deer lives in southern Armenia and is readily fed upon by the leopard.

 

SEAM / SEEM

There to have been a mistake - my name isn't on the list.

When she started writing novels, she found her time as a judge was a rich for her to mine.

The bags we sell have very strong , so they will last for years.

I to be the only person who hasn’t heard the news.

 

SOLED / SOLD

I wouldn't recommend a private individual buying a car as seen or without a warranted mileage.

He wanted several pairs of boots to be and heeled.

The filmmakers me on the idea that my book would work on the screen.

One day a man was seen bringing a pair of shoes to the cobbler to be .

 

SUMMARY / SUMMERY

At the end of the news, they often give you a of the main stories.

Clare walked by looking very in a pale blue sundress.

There is no doubt that some considered that a beating was no more than justice.

That, and the weather on a winter day, contributed to everyone's good mood.

 

TENSE / TENTS

The campers started to feel as it was getting dark and they still hadn’t put up their .

For a few minutes, the astronauts lost radio contact with mission control.

Most left with just the clothes they were wearing and had to live in or other temporary shelters.

She'd taken a long, hot shower and even that had failed to relax her muscles.

 

TRACK / TRACT

She produced a feminist , 'Comments on Birth-Control', in 1930.

The military use radar satellites to targets through clouds and at night.

A vast of land is ready for development.

People living in the of the hurricane have been advised to leave their homes until it has passed.

I think we're getting off the here - we're supposed to be discussing our advertising campaign.

 

WAIL / WHALE

The tongue of the blue is so big that 50 people can stand on it!

The women gathered around the coffin and began to , as was the custom in the region.

The end of the working day in the tea garden is marked by the of an air-raid siren.

Another thousand dollars would make a of a difference.

 

WHITHER / WITHER

No one rises so high as he who knows not he is going.

This country is in danger of allowing its industrial base to away.

They asked people they would emigrate.

Farmers in the Midwest have watched their crops because of drought conditions.