Confusing Words

                                    

Confusing Word                           Meaning
Accept	to take
Except	to exclude, other than
Access	availability
Excess	to much of something
Advice	recommendation
Advise	to recommend
Affect	to influence
Effect	influence, to accomplish
Coarse	rough
Course	direction, subject
Complement	to complete
Compliment	to praise
Faze	to daunt
Phase	period
Its	of it
It’s	it is or it has
Lead	to direct
Led	directed
Lead	a kind of metal
Loose	slack
Lose	to mislay
Passed	went by
Past	previous time
Peace	tranquility
Piece	a part
Pore	to study
Pour	spill
Precede	to go before
Proceed	to go ahead
Principal	chief
Principle	rule
Rain	precipitation
Rein	bridle of a horse, to control
Reign	rule
Raise	to lift up
Raze	to dear down
Sight	vision
Site	place
Cite	to refer to
Stationary	still
Stationery	paper
Their	of them
There	in that place
They’re	they are
To	toward
Too	also
Two	a number
Weather	state of the atmosphere
Whether	if
Your	of you
You’re	you are
Aid	to help or assist
Aide	A person who helps
Aloud	speaking loud
Allowed	having permission
Ascent	upward movement
Assent	to agree to
Board	a long sheet of wood
Bored	not interested
Born	newly coming into life
Borne	carried
Brake	to stop
Break	to smash
By	next to
Buy	purchase
Bye	farewell or good bye

American Popular Expressions "U"

                                                  

under lock and key: secure; safely protected. She keeps her most important possessions under lock and key.
under one's belt: resources and experience. He has many years of experience working as an architect under his belt.
under one's nose: something unnoticed in front of a person. Heidi was looking around for her stuffed animal, and it was right under her nose.
under someone's thumb: under another person's control. He's got her under his thumb.
under the circumstances: during a time of distress; a time of difficulty. We tried to talk to her about her deceased husband's estate and will, but under the circumstances, it wasn't a good time.
under the influence: drunk or high He was under the influence of a strong narcotic when the police found him lying in the street.
under the weather: a little sick Hubert is feeling under the weathertoday, so he's not going to go to work.
up and about: able to walk and do things after a sickness. He's finally able to get up and about after his heart operation.
up for grabs: something is available to the first person who takes it. This last piece of pizza is up for grabs. Who wants it?	Hmmmm! Pizza.
up in the air: uncertain A lot of things are up in the air right now for Mohammed and Fosiya. They're still trying to decide whether or not to get married.
up to something: involved in some mischief. What's he up to now?
up to one's ears: to have too much of something. We're up to our ears in zucchini by the middle of summer.
use it or lose it: if you have something, you should use it or else it won't be available in the future. A: He has great skill as a baseball player. He should play professionally. B: Yeah, use it or lose it.
use one's head: to think clearly; to make good decisions. She wasn't using her head when she got all those tattoos.
(a) vicious circle: something happens repeatedly. She's stuck in a vicious circle at work.
vote with one's feet: to go to a new place; to move. When the economy turned sour in Nevada, Alison and Chris voted with their feet and moved to Minnesota.