Category: Grammar Bomb

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“You are going to lose that button if you don’t fix it; it is too loose.”

 

loose {adj} [THINK: not firmly or tightly fixed]

lose {verb} [THINK: be deprived of something]

 

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I altered the time we are moving the altar on stage.

 

altar {noun} [THINK: a table or flat-topped block in a religious ritual]

alter {verb} [THINK: change or cause to change in character or composition]

 

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“We could go to San Diego, or alternatively,

we could go to Los Angeles.

We will then have our drivers

alternately switch sleeping and driving.”

 

alternately {adv} [THINK: one after the other]

alternatively {adv} [THINK: as another option or possibility]

 

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“We are altogether worried,

and are gathering all together.”

 

all together {phrase} [THINK: all in one place]

altogether {adv} [THINK: completely, totally]

 

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“She has a flair for starting a project well,

but usually the flare of success isn’t long-lived.”

 

flare {noun & verb} [THINK: brief burst of bright flame; born with sudden intensity]

flair {noun} [THINK: aptitude for doing something well]

 

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“You have accomplished most

of the criteria to become a player,

but look at item three;

that is the criterion you must focus on.”

 

criterion {noun} [THINK: principle or standard by which something must be decided]

criteria {noun} [THINK: plural of criterion]

 

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The good attitude of the team augurs their success.

The carpenter uses the auger to finish the homemade chair.

 

auger {noun} [THINK: tool for boring holes in wood]

augur {verb & noun} [THINK: foresee or predict]

 

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“We canvassed the campers,

and they all agree that

the canvas tents are the best.”

 

canvas {noun & verb} [THINK: coarse unbleached cloth]

canvass {verb & noun} [THINK: solicit votes; discuss thoroughly]

 

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The hammock, tied to the tree near the creek,

has an old-rope creak to it.

creak {verb & noun} [THINK: high-pitched sound]

creek {noun} [THINK: narrow waterway]

 

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“The magician’s power is in the illusion of magic,

and in the host’s allusion to his own previous successes.”

 

allusion {noun} [THINK: expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it]

illusion {noun} [THINK: likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses]