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(B2) Common Mistakes and False Friends GV028

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  • She is a fine runner and a well-known figure in Scottish amateur ____.
    athletics
  • (adj.) strong, healthy, and good at sports
    athletic
  • 🗿Мед. Гипсовая Повязка
    plaster past /ˌplæs.tɚ ˈkæst/ (also cast) Kane appears in some of the footage wearing a PLASTER CAST on his left arm.
  • 🤩Let’s review the unusual words from this exercise!
  • (v.) to make someone with an illness healthy again
    cure
  • The radiation leak has had a disastrous ____ on/upon the environment.
    effect
  • (n.) the result of a particular influence
    effect
  • 🧘‍♀️Гибкий(ая), Изящный(ая)
    (adj.) lithe /laɪð/
  • Will you ____ me when I'm in hospital?
    visit
  • I was deeply ____ by the film (= it caused strong feelings in me).
    affected
  • I have clear memories of ____ my grandfather's farm as a child.
    visiting
  • We love to watch the Olympics - especially the ____.
    athletics
  • 🩰Балет
    (n.) ballet /bælˈeɪ/
  • (v.) to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause a change in someone or something
    affect
  • (Use the last two words [cure / heal] to fill the blanks) At one time doctors couldn't ____ people of TB. TB = abbreviation for tuberculosis /tuːˌbɝː.kjəˈloʊ.sɪs/
    cure
  • (v.) to go to a place in order to look at it, or to a person in order to spend time with them
    visit
  • (Use the last two words [cure / heal] to fill the blanks) The plaster cast helps to ____ the broken bone.
    heal
  • He had the lithe /laɪð/, ____ body of a ballet /bælˈeɪ/ dancer.
    athletic
  • (Translate) She tried to cure the pain in my knee by putting manual pressure on the joint.
    Она пыталась вылечить боль в моем колене, надавливая на сустав вручную.
  • (Use the last two words [cure / heal] to fill the blanks) Brain injuries take a long time to ____.
    heal
  • (v.) to hurt or cause physical harm to a person or animal
    injure
  • Recent discoveries about corruption have done serious ____ to the company's reputation.
    damage
  • 🦠Туберкулёз
    (n.) tuberculosis /tuːˌbɝː.kjəˈloʊ.sɪs/
  • Which school do your children ____?
    attend
  • Over two hundred people ____ the funeral.
    attended
  • Many buildings were badly ____ during the war.
    damaged
  • She looks very ____.
    athletic
  • The divorce ____ every aspect of her life.
    affected / affects
  • She fell and ____ her shoulder.
    injured
  • (v.) to make or become well again, especially after a cut or other injury
    heal
  • (n.) the general name for a particular group of sports in which people compete, including running, jumping, and throwing
    athletics
  • (v.) to go officially and usually regularly to a place
    attend
  • (v.) to harm or spoil something
    damage
  • 🦴Сустав
    (n.) joint dʒɔɪnt/
  • (Use the last two words [cure / heal] to fill the blanks) She tried to ____ the pain in my knee by putting manual pressure on the joint.
    cure