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⚜Rare🆚Scarce🆚Unusual ⚜


😨 Water is very rare in some parts of the country.✖️
😇 Water is very scarce in some parts of the country.✔️



⚜If certain things are rare there are only a few of them in existence:
▪️'Rare coins are usually worth a lot of money.
▪️' A rare event is one that hardly
ever happens:
▪️ 'I was lucky enough to witness one of her rare public performances.'

⚜To describe something that is usually common but for some reason is difficult to obtain at a particular time or in a particular place, use scarce:
▪️'After the war, food and clothing were scarce.'

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😨I think that my name is rare.✖️
😇 I think that my name is unusual.✔️

😨In San Francisco I saw some rare architecture.✖️
😇In San Francisco I saw some unusual architecture .✔️

⚜If something is different from what is usual, it is unusual:
▪️ 'The bread had an unusual flavour.'
▪️ 'Kit. That's an unusual name.'

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😨It is not rare that women have a job nowadays.✖️
😇It is not unusual for women to have a job nowadays .✔️

⚜not unusual (for sb) to do sth (NOT not rare):
▪️'It's not unusual to seebusiness people cycling to work these days.'

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⚜ Neglect 🆚 Forget⚜



😨 Some teachers

⚜neglect =
⚜1⚜ fail to look after someone or something properly: ▪️'The garden has been badly neglected and will require a lot of attention.'


⚜2⚜ (formal) : fail to do something, especially something that you ought to
do:
▪️'The public are demanding to know why the government neglected to warn them of the oil shortage.'


⚜forget = fail to realize something (and be guided by it): ▪️'Children tend to
forget that their parents like to have fun too.'

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⚜ Nominate 🆚 Appoint⚜


😨Mr.Tong was nominated manager of the company in 1984.✖️

😇Mr.Tong was appointed manager of the company in 1984.✔️

⚜nominate = suggest someone for election or selection (for a job or position):
▪️'We need to nominate someone to take over from Harry as our new public relations officer.'


⚜appoint = give someone a job or position:
▪️ 'Mr H. Wilks has been
officially appointed as the society's new public relations officer.'

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⚜Quarrel 🆚 Argue ⚜


⚜When people quarrel they argue angrily, especially for a long time about
something that is unimportant: ▪️'If you two boys don't stop quarrelling, you
can go straight to bed.'


⚜People can argue without feeling angry or looking silly: ▪️'Most evenings
we would sit in the kitchen arguing about politics.'

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⚜ Negligent 🆚 Negligible ⚜


😨There was a negligent amount of liquid in the test tube.✖️
😇There was a negligible amount of liquid in the test tube.✔️

⚜negligent = failing to take proper care, especially in your job; careless:
▪️'The court decided that the pilot of the crashed aircraft had been negligent.'



⚜negligible = (of an amount) so small that it has no effect and can be
ignored:
▪️'The cost of maintaining the machine is negligible.'

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⚜ Presently 🆚 At present ⚜


⚜Presently is used to mean 'soon' in both British and American English:
▪️'The car will arrive presently to take Her Majesty back to the palace.'


⚜In American English presently is also used to mean 'now, at present,
currently':
▪️'The President is presently undergoing minor surgery.'


⚜The American usage is gradually becoming accepted outside the USA, but careful users of British English consider it to be non-standard.

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⚜Earth 🆚 World 🆚 Planet⚜


😨 I have friends in different parts of the earth. ✖️
😇 I have friends in different parts of the world. ✔️


😨 We must all work together to protect the earth. ✖️
😇We must all work together to protect the planet. ✔️


⚜earth/Earth = the ball-shaped object that we live on, usually seen as a planet in space:
▪️ 'The earth moves round the sun every 365 days.'
▪️ 'On the journey back to Earth, one of the spaceship's computers failed.'


⚜world = the ball-shaped object that we live on, usually seen in terms of people, countries, cities etc:
▪️'Tuberculosis is still common in some parts of the world.'
▪️ 'It's one of the largest countries in the world.'
▪️'You'll be seeing some of the world's leading golfers.'


⚜Note the expression all over the world (= everywhere in the world):
▪️ 'I have friends all over the world.'


⚜planet = the ball-shaped object that we live on, usually seen in terms of the natural environment:
▪️ 'This disaster could affect the whole planet.'
▪️'The planet is gradually getting warmer.'


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😨 The aliens were fascinated by life in earth. ✖️
😇The aliens were fascinated by life on earth. ✔️


😨 Mankind has lived in the earth for thousands of years.✖️
😇Mankind has lived on the earth for thousands of years. ✔️


⚜on (the) earth (NOT in (the) earth): '
▪️Australia has some of the strangest animals to be found anywhere on earth.'
▪️'Peace on earth is still just a
dream.'