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Word confusion

Clarifications of words that are often misused or confused.

to light (lit ou lighted):	to light a candle	to switch on;	to switch on the lamp
chimney		fireplace
a cup of coffee		a pub
desk		office	he works in an office
girl (≠ boy) (a female child)	a girl            a boy	daughter (≠ son) (a person's female child)	mother and daughter
woman (women) adult female person	a woman        a man	wife (wives) (≠ husband) (married)	he kisses his wife
sheet (of paper)	sheets of paper	leaf (leaves)
house	a house with a blue roof	home	they are at home
queue		tail
coast		rib
straight (line)	a straight road	right	a right hand
skipping rope	violin string	piano wire	vocal cord
scene  stage	pouce	thumb	inch

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1. Tom fell off the cherry tree and broke two ribscoastsI don't know.

2. I'm waiting for a wifewomanI don't know I don't know. She is a friend of my womanwifeI don't know.

3. As soon as she arrived home Linda litswitched onI don't know the light and litswitched onI don't know the fire.

4. Santa Claus enters a house down the fireplacechimneyI don't know and puts the parcels in front of the chimneyfireplaceI don't know.

5. We've just moved into our new househomeI don't know (building), but it doesn't feel like homehouseI don't know yet.

6. Some people say that the thumbinchI don't know is linked to the distance between the tip of the thumbinchI don't know
and the first joint.

7. Oh no! I have forgotten an important file on my deskofficeI don't know I must go back to my officedeskI don't know.