1.cook,cookercook厨师：Heisagoodcook.；cooker厨具2.damage,damagesdamage不可数名词，损害、损失；damages复数形式，赔偿金：$900damages3.police,policemanpolice警察的总称，后接复数谓语动词：Thepolicearequestioningeveryoneinthehouse.；policeman指某个具体
1. cook, cooker
cook厨师：He is a good cook.；cooker厨具
2. damage, damages
damage不可数名词，损害、损失；damages复数形式，赔偿金：$900 damages
3. police, policeman
police警察的总称，后接复数谓语动词：The police are questioning everyone in the house.；policeman 指某个具体的警察
4. problem, question
problem常和困难联系，前面的动词常为think about, solve, raise；question常和疑问联系，多和ask, answer连用
5. man, a man
man人类：Man will conquer nature.；a man一个男人
6. chick, chicken
二者均可指小鸡，chicken还可以当鸡肉：The chicken is delicious.
7. telegram, telegraph
当电报解时，telegram指具体的；telegraph指抽象的
E.g.: a telegram, by telegraph
8. trip, journey, travel, voyage
travel是最常用的；trip指短期的旅途：a three-day trip；journey指稍长的旅途；voyage指海上航行
9. sport, game
sport多指户外的游戏或娱乐活动，如打球、游泳、打猎，赛马等：His favorite sport is swimming.；game指决定胜负的游戏，通常有一套规则
10. price, prize
price价格；prize奖，奖品，奖金
E.g. 1: win the first prize
E.g. 2: The price is high/low.
11. a number of, the number of
a number of许多，谓语动词用复数；thenumber of…的数目，谓语动词用单数：The number of students is increasing.
12. in front of, in the front of
in front of范围外的前面；in the front of范围内的前面：In the front of the room sits a boy.
13. of the day, of a day
of the day每一天的、当时的、当代的：a famous scientist of the day；of a day暂时的、不长久的
14. three of us, the three of us
three of us我们（不止三个）中的三个：The three of us—Tom, Jack and I went to the cinema.；the three of us我们三个（就三个人）
15. by bus, on the bus
by bus表手段，方式，不用冠词：They went there by bus.；on the bus表范围
16. for a moment, for the moment
for a moment 片刻，一会儿：Thinkingfor a moment, he agreed.；forthe moment暂时、一时
17. next year, the next year
next year将来时间状语，the next year过去将来时间状语：He said he would go abroad the next year.
18. more than a year, more than one year
more than a year一年多，more than one year：超过一年（两年或三年等）
19. take advice, take the (one’s) advice
take advice征求意见，take the advice接受忠告：He refused to take the advice and failed again.
20. take air, take the air
take air传播，走漏，take the air到户外去，散步：We take the air
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