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    Difference between similar words in context
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  • The cold weather has really __________ her health. (affected / effected)
    affected
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  • An opportunity __________ and he decided to take the job in Brussels. (arose / rose)
    arose
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  • Our favourite restaurant has ___________its prices again. It’s getting very expensive. (risen / raised)
    raised
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  • She gave him a lot of __________, but I don’t think he listened. (advice / advise)
    advice
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  • I had the _____________ to go to university when I was younger but I didn’t. Now I wish I had gone. (possibility / opportunity)
    opportunity
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  • It’s five o’clock. I’d better go and ___________my mother from the station. (bring / fetch)
    fetch
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  • She’s only eight years old and she has learned to dance both ___________ and modern ballet. (classic / classical)
    classical
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  • What other types of music do you like ____________ classical? (beside / besides)
    besides
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  • Suddenly I ___________ that I had promised to ring my mother. (remembered / reminded)
    remembered
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  • I think she’s very self-confident and assertive. I think she’s genuinely ___________. (fun / funny)
    funny
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  • A wonderful wooden floor has been __________ in the dining room. (lain / laid)
    laid
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  • Laura used to ___________money from me all the time. (lend / borrow)
    borrow
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  • As a teacher, you have to be ___________ to the problems of your students. (kind / sympathetic)
    sympathetic
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  • Touch screens are very ___________. They react to the slightest movement. (sensitive / sensible)
    sensitive
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  • The car was so badly ___________ in the accident that it was barely worth repairing. (harm / damaged)
    damaged
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  • The burning of fossil fuels ___________ the environment in which we live. (damages / harms)
    harms
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