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2015-01-20 Communication: confused words & immigration

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  1. Greg Malivuk
  2. http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk
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  4. p. 95
  5. foreigner: someone from another country
  6. outsider: someone from outside your area, from another place, from another group
  7. stranger: someone that you don't know
  8. 1 a suite (pronounced like "sweet")
  9. b suit
  10. 2 a besides (= also, in addition)
  11. b beside (= next to)
  12. 3 a lie (intransitive: I lie down.) lie lay lain
  13. b lay (transitive: I lay her down.) lay laid laid
  14. 4 a currently (= now, presently, at this moment)
  15. b actually (= in fact, in reality, contrary to expectation, surprisingly)
  16. 5 a announce (in order to let someone know something)
  17. b advertise (in order to get someone to buy something)
  18. 6 a affect (verb, meaning to cause change)
  19. b effect (noun, meaning result or consequence)
  20. 7 a embarrassed
  21. b ashamed
  22. 8 a deny (say "no" to a fact)
  23. b refuse (say "no" to an offer or request)
  24. 9 a compromise (= an agreement in the middle of our two starting positions)
  25. b commitment (= a promise to do something and continue doing it)
  26. 10 a economical (cheap, efficient)
  27. b economic (about the economy)
  28.  
  29. sit: I sit on a chair. (intransitive)
  30. set: I set the book on the chair. (transitive)
  31.  
  32. rise: The sun rises every morning. (intransitive)
  33. raise: Students raise their hands to speak. (transitive)
  34.  
  35. I want to effect change in the company. (verb, meaning cause or create)
  36. He has a very low affect. (noun, meaning "mood" or "emotional state")
  37.  
  38. pay: You pay money. You pay someone. You pay for something.
  39. ("pay" is the action you do with the money and another person)
  40. "charge" is the action the other person does
  41. buy: You buy something with money.
  42. ("buy" is the action you do with the product)
  43. "sell" is the action the other person does
  44.  
  45. I borrowed $500. It used to be someone else's. Now I have it, but I will have to pay that person $500 in the future.
  46.  
  47. I lent $500. It used to be mine. Now someone else has it, but he will have to pay me $500 in the future. (lending money is a "loan")
  48.  
  49. After I borrowed money from you, now I owe you $500. (I need to pay $500.)
  50. owe = need to pay
  51. I owe $1000. = I have a debt of $1000.
  52. ---
  53. p. 95 5c
  54. 1 affect
  55. 2 embarrassed
  56. 3 commitment
  57. 4 advertised
  58. 5 actually
  59. 6 refuse
  60. ---
  61. immigrate: come into a country
  62. emigrate: go out of a country
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