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Mar 16, '12, 6:34 pm
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Re: Word Confusion #2
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buffet: first part emphasized: to hit; second part emphasized: a meal at which guests serve themselves from dishes on display..
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close: pronounced / CLOZE/ it means to shut; pronounced / CLOHSS/ it means nearby.
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Mar 26, '12, 6:44 pm
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Re: Word Confusion #2
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close: pronounced /CLOZE/ it means to shut; pronounced /CLOHSS/ it means nearby.
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combine: / KOM-bine/=a threshing machine; /kom- BINE/= put together.
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Mar 30, '12, 6:44 pm
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combine: /KOM-bine/=a threshing machine; /kom-BINE/= put together.
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conduct: / kon-duct/=behavior; /kon- duct/=to direct or manage.
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Apr 6, '12, 6:35 pm
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Re: Word Confusion #2
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conduct: /kon-duct/=behavior; /kon-duct/=to direct or manage.
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conflict: either disagreement/ fight or to be in opposition.
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Apr 11, '12, 6:39 pm
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Re: Word Confusion #2
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conflict: either disagreement/fight or to be in opposition.
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console: either an upright case/ computer terminal or to comfort.
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May 7, '12, 6:43 pm
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Re: Word Confusion #2
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console: either an upright case/computer terminal or to comfort.
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consort: either a companion/partner or "to keep company".
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May 8, '12, 6:32 pm
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Re: Word Confusion #2
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consort: either a companion/partner or "to keep company".
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construct: either something constructed or to assemble.
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May 10, '12, 6:41 pm
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Re: Word Confusion #2
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construct: either something constructed or to assemble.
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content: either a substantive part, or satisfied.
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May 11, '12, 3:51 pm
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content: either a substantive part, or satisfied.
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Fire flames
Fire to release from a job
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May 14, '12, 6:37 pm
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Re: Word Confusion #2
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Fire flames
Fire to release from a job
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 Welcome, CatholicLady2!  For a long while, I began to think that I was the only one posting here. (And that's a good example of a heteronym, too.)
contest (competition) and contest (to dispute).
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May 22, '12, 6:37 pm
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Re: Word Confusion #2
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Welcome, CatholicLady2! For a long while, I began to think that I was the only one posting here. (And that's a good example of a heteronym, too.)
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contract: either an agreement or to shrink/ to agree to a project.
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May 31, '12, 6:37 pm
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Re: Word Confusion #2
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contract: either an agreement or to shrink/to agree to a project.
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convert: either " one whose belief was changed" or " to change one's belief".
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Jun 7, '12, 6:33 pm
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convert: either "one whose belief was changed" or "to change one's belief".
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converse: either opposite or to talk.
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Jun 14, '12, 6:30 pm
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converse: either opposite or to talk.
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convict: either a prisoner, or to find guilty.
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Jun 15, '12, 6:39 pm
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Re: Word Confusion #2
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convict: either a prisoner, or to find guilty.
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crooked: pronounced / CROOK'D/ it means bended; pronounced / CROOK-ed/ it means bent.
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