Easily confused words

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Learning English Vocabulary

2025-08-25

6 分钟
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  • Hello and welcome to 6 Minute Vocabulary.

  • I'm Catherine.

  • And I'm Neil.

  • Neil, like your hat.

  • Thank you very much.

  • It's cold outside, so I thought it would be sensible to wear a woolly hat.

  • Yes.

  • My ears are very sensitive to the cold.

  • I've noticed your ears looking a little bit red of a morning, occasionally, Neil.

  • And the words sensible and sensitive are good examples of today's topic.

  • The two words look and sound similar, but they have very different meanings.

  • And in this programme,

  • we're going to talk about more pairs of words that people sometimes get mixed up.

  • Now, let's hear about Mike.

  • He was in a shop yesterday when he made a mistake.