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  • Happened before now.
    past
    passed
  • To have moved through an area or event, leaving it behind; to have throw a ball to someone.
    passed
    past
  • To take action to make sure something happens.
    insure
    ensure
  • To move to another country.
    emigrate
    immigrate
  • Advice or wisdom, or to offer insight.
    council
    counsel
  • An idea or belief that is of great value to you.
    principle
    principal
  • An impact.
    effect
    affect
  • To say something nice to someone, like I really like that hairstyle.
    compliment
    complement
  • A distant place where you hope to arrive.
    there
    they're
    their
  • Excluding a possibility.
    accept
    except
  • A plural pronoun used as a contraction.
    they're
    there
    their
  • To take home a cat or dog from a shelter to be your pet.
    adopt
    adapt
  • To adjust to a new situation.
    adopt
    adapt
  • A group of people who decide important matters in an organization.
    counsel
    council
  • Something sweet you eat after a meal.
    dessert
    desert
  • When two things work together well, like mustard and hot dogs.
    complement
    compliment
  • To produce a change in somebody/something
    affect
    effect
  • An arid place with little rainfall or vegetation.
    desert
    dessert
  • To welcome and make someone feel like they belong.
    accept
    except
  • To leave your home country to live elsewhere.
    immigrate
    emigrate
  • Third-person possessive pronoun.
    they're
    their
    there
  • The head of your school.
    principal
    principle
  • To pay money to protect property in case of damage or theft.
    insure
    ensure