Những từ dễ gây nhầm lẫn _ Easily confused words

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Những từ dễ gây nhầm lẫn _ Easily confused words 
VERB MEANING EXAMPLE 
Bring 
Carry someone or something towards the 
person speaking (bring somebody something / 
bring something to somebody): mang lại, cầm 
lại, đưa lại 
Bring me some coffee. 
Bring it to me. 
Take Carry someone or something away from the person speaking: lấy đi, mang đi, đem đi 
I’ll take this file to the 
purchasing department. 
Look at 
To observe (little or no idea of 
movement): nhìn ngắm, xem xét (nhìn vật gì 
đó ít hoặc không di chuyển) 
He is looking at the 
photograph. 
Watch 
To look at something that is moving or 
changing 
(e.g. actions, shows, movies, TV 
programs): quan sát, theo dõi, để ý (nhìn vật gì 
đó đang thay đổi hay di chuyển) 
They are watching an 
interesting report on television. 
See 
Verb of perception (động từ tri giác); refers to 
the perception of what is around you by using 
your eyes. 
It is so dark that I cannot see 
anything. 
Look (+ adj) To appear (relates to things that you see): có vẻ, giống như This jacket looks nice on him. 
Sound (+ adj) To appear (relates to things that you hear) His speech sounds very interesting. 
Taste (+ adj) To appear (relates to the flavour of things that you eat or drink) Your cake tastes delicious. 
Say 
To pronounce words to give information, 
opinions or suggestions: to say something 
(to somebody): nói, cho ý kiến 
The children said goodbye (to 
their parents). 
Tell 
To pronounce words to give information, 
opinions or suggestions: to tell to somebody 
something: nói ra, nói cho biết 
He told us that he was tired. 
Borrow Take something from someone (or institution) 
with their permission for a limited period of tim Can I borrow this book from 
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(to borrow something from somebody): vay, 
mượn 
you? 
Lend 
Let someone have something for a limited 
period 
of time (to lend somebody something / to 
lend something to somebody): cho vay, cho 
mượn 
The bank lent her a lot of 
money. 
Make 
To cause somebody to do something (to make 
somebody to do something): khiến cho, làm 
cho 
Just seeing him makes me 
laugh. 
Let To allow, to permit (to let somebody to do something): cho phép, để 
Her parents won’t let her go 
out. 
Rise To go up, to move upwards (intransitive): tăng, lên, nổi lên The sun rises in the East. 
Raise To lift, to make higher (transitive): nâng lên, làm tăng lên 
The government raised taxes 
by 3%. 
Arise To happen, to occur (intransitive): nảy sinh, phát sinh, xuất hiện 
The problem arose at the end 
of June.