CONFUSING WORDS

to move around quickly, looking very busy

if a fire _______ , it produces heat and flames

Passengers are requested to __________ all cigarettes when the red light goes on.

to make a fire or light stop burning or shining

Something that unites two or more people or groups, such as love, or a shared interest or idea 

The company has tried to ............ relations with several universities.

The couple........... the train for New York.

All theories should be built on a _________ of factual knowledge.

to appear or come out from somewhere

The tunnel entrance ...................... by rising sea water.

He is a doctor and expects his son ................ in his footsteps.

My father was always disappointed that Joey didn't follow in his ...........  and take over the farm.

to deliberately pay no attention to something that you have been told or that you know about

1. to fail to look after someone or something properly

2.  to pay too little attention to something

to fasten your seat belt in a car, aircraft etc

The new law will require passengers in the rear seats of automobiles to buckle their ................... .

She cried when she was ............... with her award.

to officially give someone something such as a prize or money to reward them for something they have done

to bring people together in a large group, especially roughly

to make an illness or medical condition go away

 or

to make someone well again after they have been ill 

if someone or something is ................ , they work well without wasting time, money, or energy

A small car is more _________ to run.

to reduce the amount of money, time, goods etc that you use SYN cut down

 If business, trade, or a particular area ................ it is increasing and being very successful

By the eighteenth century, an ............. boom had resulted in an active type of pre-capitalism

to change something into a different form, or to change something so that it can be used for a different purpose or in a different way

The energy crisis is fuelling a ............... in alternative energy.

Environmentalists would like to see .............. replaced by renewable energy sources.

Flora ............ into laughter when I told her the joke.

one of a series of places that you visit

That means cutting off a day of transit on a cruise to Hawaii, and giving passengers an extra ......................... .

to think about something that you might do in the future

or

 to think about something seriously for a period of time

The children shrieked with ...............as they watched the clown.

to keep something or continue to have something

The sun ................ from behind the clouds.

 to give an acceptable explanation for something that other people think is unreasonable

 a ............. path, track etc has been made by many people walking the same way