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Fly or Flow/ Live or Leave

Among the unforgivable confusions of verbs and expressions students tend to mix up and misuse, are the verbs To FLY and To FLOW and the even more elementary To LIVE and To LEAVE. Such mistakes are extremely serious and must be avoided at all cost. They can be quite easily. 

1)   TO FLY, FLEW, FLOWN = to move through the air, using wings; to take the plane:

NOMS :

To fly the nest= To leave the house                     A fly => several flies                                        To fly a kite

Other expressions:

2)   TO FLOW,  regular verb, FLOWED, FLOWED . 

II) To LIVE?  or to LEAVE?

1)   To LIVE, regular verb, LIVED, LIVED.

2)   To LEAVE, LEFT, LEFT= to leave behind, to forget.

 ** "On leave = on holiday" has formed many expressions using adjectives or nouns:

Maternity leave - sick leave - annual leave - parental leave  - sabbatical leave ...

        Leave me alone!                                      To take a French leave                                     To be on leave

That's it!  

Now, you should know the main expressions enabling you to avoid misunderstandings!  Good luck! 

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