Palabras que suenan igual pero se deletrean diferente weather = tiempo (clima) whether = conjuncin para presentar opciones:

whether, or sea que o To = preposicin que significa a o hacia Too = tambin Two = el nmero dos Theyre = contraccin de they are, que significa ellos/ellas son/estn Their = pronombre posesivo que significa su (de ellos/ellas) There = all Ate = tiempo pasado del verbo comer Eight = el nmero ocho Buy = el verbo comprar By = preposicin que significa por en oraciones pasivas Bye = una forma de adios Cent = centavo Scent = olor Sent = pasado del verbo sender to send For = preposicin que significa por o para Four = el nmero cuatro Fore = hacia la primera plana to the fore Principal = principal, mayor Principle = principio Stationary = estacionario Stationery = artculos de oficina, papeles Cite = el verbo citar Sight = vista Site = sitio Would = verbo modal para formar el tiempo condicional Wood = madera

Palabras que suenan igual pero se deletrean diferente Whos = contraccin de who is quin es? whose = pronombre que significa de quin (posesin) Youre = contraccin de you are t eres/est (tambin usted/ustedes) Your = pronombre posesivo que significa su (de t/usted/ustedes) Its = contraccin de it is ello es/est its = pronombre posesivo que significa su (de ello, objetos no animados) Ceiling = ceilo raso Sealing = selladura Allowed = permitido Aloud = en voz alta Ball = pelota, bola Bawl = el verbo berrear Bear = oso, tambin el verbo soportar Bare = desnudo, el verbo desnudar, tambin la frase dejar al descubierto Base = base, fundamento Bass = bajo (elctrico), tambin el pez rbalo, pero suena diferente Break = un descando o pausa, tambin los verbos romper, quebrantar Brake = freno, aplicar los frenos Dew = roco Do = el verbo hacer Due = debido, merecido Facts = hechos, datos Fax = documento transmitido por telfono Find = los verbos hallar, encontrar Fined = el tiempo pasado de multar Hay = heno Hey = interjeccin que significa oye! Hear = el verbo or

Palabras que suenan igual pero se deletrean diferente Here = aqu Hole = hueco Whole = entero, ntegro Know = saber, conocer No = no Mail = correo Male = varn Meat = carne Meet = conocer por primera vez Morning = la maana Mourning = luto, duelo One = el nmero uno Won = el tiempo pasado de ganar to win Pear = pera Pair = par, pareja Pare = el verbo mondar Pacience = paciencia Patients = pacientes Piece = pieza Peace = paz Plain = simple, comn y corriente Plane = avin Read = tiempo pasado del verbo leer Red = rojo Right = correcto, derecho (legal), (a la) derecha Write = el verbo escribir Rite = rito, ritual

Palabras que suenan igual pero se deletrean diferente Sail = vela del bote Sale = venta, liquidacin Scene = escena Seen = participio pasado del verbo ver Son = hijo Sun = sol Steal = el verbo hurtar Steel = acero Wait = el verbo esperar Weight = peso, tambin pesa Weak = dbil Week = semana

Verbos iregulares
INFINITIVO Arise Awake PASADO SIMPLE Arose Awoke PARTICIPIO PASADO Arisen Awoken Been Borne / Born Beaten Become Begun Bent Bet Bound Bid Bitten Bled Blown Broken TRADUCCIN Surgir, Levantarse Despertarse Ser / Estar Soportar, dar a luz Golpear Llegar a Ser Empezar Doblar Apostar Atar, encuadernar Pujar Morder Sangrar Soplar Romper

Be/ am, are, is Was / Were Bear Beat Become Begin Bend Bet Bind Bid Bite Bleed Blow Break Bore Beat Became Began Bent Bet Bound Bid Bit Bled Blew Broke

Breed Bring Broadcast Build Burn Burst Buy Cast Catch Come Cost Cut Choose Cling Creep Deal Dig Do (Does) Draw Dream Drink Drive Eat Fall Feed Feel Fight Find Flee Fly Forbid Forget Forgive Freeze

Bred Brought Broadcast Built Burnt /Burned Burst Bought Cast Caught Came Cost Cut Chose Clung Crept Dealt Dug Did Drew

Bred Brought Broadcast Built Burnt / Burned Burst Bought Cast Caught Come Cost Cut Chosen Clung Crept Dealt Dug Done Drawn

Criar Traer Llevar Radiar Edificar Quemar Reventar Comprar Arrojar Coger Venir Costar Cortar Elegir Agarrarse Arrastrarse Tratar Cavar Hacer Dibujar Soar Beber Conducir Comer Caer Alimentar Sentir Luchar Encontrar Huir Volar Prohibir Olvidar Perdonar Helar

Dreamt / Dreamed Dreamt / Dreamed Drank Drove Ate Fell Fed Felt Fought Found Fled Flew Forbade Forgot Forgave Froze Drunk Driven Eaten Fallen Fed Felt Fought Found Fled Flown Forbidden Forgotten Forgiven Frozen

Get Give Go (Goes) Grow Grind Hang Have Hear Hide Hit Hold Hurt Keep Know Kneel Knit Lay Lead Lean Leap Learn Leave Lend Let Lie Light Lose Make Mean Meet Mistake Overcome Pay Put

Got Gave Went Grew Ground Hung Had Heard Hid Hit Held Hurt Kept Knew Knelt Knit Laid Led Leant Leapt Learnt / Learned Left Lent Let Lay Lit Lost Made Meant Met Mistook Overcame Paid Put

Got / Gotten Given Gone Grown Ground Hung Had Heard Hidden Hit Held Hurt Kept Known Knelt Knit Laid Led Leant Leapt Learnt / Learned Left Lent Let Lain Lit Lost Made Meant Met Mistaken Overcome Paid Put

Obtener Dar Ir Crecer Moler Colgar Haber o Tener Oir Ocultar Golpear Agarrar Celebrar Herir Conservar Saber Conocer Arrodillarse Hacer punto Poner Conducir Apoyarse Brincar Aprender Dejar Prestar Permitir Echarse Encender Perder Hacer Significar Encontrar Equivocar Vencer Pagar Poner

Read Ride Ring Rise Run Say See Seek Sell Send Set Sew Shake Shear Shine Shoot Show Shrink Shut Sing Sink Sit Sleep Slide Smell Sow Speak Speed Spell Spend Spill Spin Spit Split

Read Rode Rang Rose Ran Said Saw Sought Sold Sent Set Sewed Shook Shore Shone Shot Showed Shrank Shut Sang Sank Sat Slept Slid Smelt Sowed Spoke Sped Spelt Spent Spilt / Spilled Spun Spat Split

Read Ridden Rung Risen Run Said Seen Sought Sold Sent Set Sewed / Sewn Shaken Shorn Shone Shot Shown Shrunk Shut Sung Sunk Sat Slept Slid Smelt Sowed / Sown Spoken Sped Spelt Spent Spilt / Spilled Spun Spat Split

Leer Montar Llamar Levantarse Correr Decir Ver Buscar Vender Enviar Poner(se) Coser Sacudir Esquilar Brillar Disparar Mostrar Encogerse Cerrar Cantar Hundir Sentarse Dormir Resbalar Oler Sembrar Hablar Acelerar Deletrear Gastar Derramar Hilar Escupir Hender / partir / rajar

Spoil Spread Spring Stand Steal Stick Sting Stink Stride Strike Swear Sweat Sweep Swell Swim Swing Take Teach Tear Tell Think Throw Thrust Tread Understand Undergo Undertake Wake Wear Weave Weep Wet Win Wind

Spoilt / Spoiled Spread Sprang Stood Stole Stuck Stung Stank/Stunk Strode Struck Swore Sweat Swept Swelled Swam Swung Took Taught Tore Told Thought Threw Thrust Trod Understood Underwent Undertook Woke Wore Wove Wept Wet Won Wound

Spoilt / Spoiled Spread Sprung Stood Stolen Stuck Stung Stunk Stridden Struck Sworn Sweat Swept Swollen Swum Swung Taken Taught Torn Told Thought Thrown Thrust Trodden Understood Undergone Undertaken Woken Worn Woven Wept Wet Won Wound

Estropear Extender Saltar Estar en pie Robar Pegar Engomar Picar Apestar Dar zancadas Golpear Jurar Sudar Barrer Hinchar Nadar Columpiarse Coger Ensear Rasgar Decir Pensar Arrojar Tirar Introducir Pisar, hollar Entender Sufrir Emprender Despertarse Llevar puesto Tejer Llorar Mojar Ganar Enrollar

Withdraw Wring Write

Withdrew Wrung Wrote

Withdrawn Wrung Written

Retirarse Torcer Escribir

Forman el pasado y participio pasado de manera irregular. Para el presente se comportan como los verbos regulares, aadiendo '-s' a la tercera persona singular (excepto 'to be' y 'to have'). Para escuchar la pronunciacin de las palabras haz 'click' sobre el icono del altavoz (speaker). Para practicar, tras or la expresin en espaol haz una pausa en tu reproductor para que puedas pronunciar el correspondiente trmino en ingls antes de or la respuesta.

Verbos regulares
Abandon Absolve Abuse Abandonar Absolver Injuriar Abolish Absorb Accede Accent Accuse Achieve Act Address Admit Adorn Advertise Affirm Allow Amuse Annoy Apologize Appoint Approve Arrive Assure Attack Attend Abolir Absorber Acceder Acentuar Acusar Llevar a cabo Actuar Dirigir Admitir Adornar Anunciar Afirmar Permitir Divertir Molestar Excusarse Nombrar Aprobar Llegar Asegurar Atacar Asistir

Accelerate Acelerar Accept Accustom Acquire Add Admire Adore Advance Advise Agree Amount Announce Answer Appear Approach Arrange Ask Astonish Attempt Aceptar Acostumbrar Adquirir Sumar Admirar Adorar Avanzar Aconsejar Acceder Ascender/cantidad Anunciar Contestar Aparecer Acercarse Arreglar Preguntar Asombrar Intentar

Attract Bathe Believe Blame Call Cash Change Claim Clear Close Comb Command Compare Compose Consider Contain Copy Cough Cover Crown Damage Dawn Decide Defend Desire Destroy Develop Devour Dislike Divide Drop Earn Employ

Atraer Baarse Creer Culpar Llamar Cobrar Cambiar Reclamar Aclarar, limpiar Cerrar Peinar Mandar Comparar Componer Considerar Contener Copiar Toser Cubrir Coronar Daar Amanecer Decidir Defender Desear Destruir Desarrollar Devorar Desaprobar Dividir Dejar caer Ganar Emplear

Avoid Beg Belong Book Carry Cease Check Clean Climb Collect Combine Commit Complain Conceal Consist Continue Correct Count Cross Cry Dance Deceive Declare Deliver Despise Detach Devote Discover Disturb Drag Dry Elect Enclose End

Evitar Rogar, pedir Pertenecer Reservar Llevar Cesar Comprobar Limpiar Trepar Recoger Combinar Cometer Quejarse Ocultar Consistir Continuar Corregir Contar Cruzar Gritar, llorar Bailar Engaar Declarar Entregar Despreciar Separar Dedicar Descubrir Perturbar Arrastrar Secar Elegir Incluir Terminar

Encourage Animar

Enjoy Establish Evoke Expect Explode Express Fail Fetch Finish Fit Float Follow Gain Gather Grant Guard Handle Happen Heat Hire Hunt Imagine Import Improve Increase Intend Invite Join Jump Kick Kiss Land Laugh Like

Disfrutar Establecer Evocar Esperar Estallar Expresar Fallar Ir por Acabar Ajustar Flotar Seguir Ganar Recoger Conceder Guardar Manejar Suceder Calentar Alquilar Cazar Imaginar Importar Mejorar Aumentar Proponerse Invitar Unir Saltar Cocear Besar Aterrizar Rer Gustar

Enter Esteem Exchange Explain Expose Extract Fear Fill Fish Fix Fold Found Gamble Govern Greet Guess Hang Hate Help Hope Hurry Imply Impress Include Inquire Invent Iron Joke Justify Kill Knock Last Lie Listen

Entrar Estimar Cambiar Explicar Exponer Extraer Temer Llenar Pescar Fijar Doblar Fundar Jugar Gobernar Saludar Adivinar Ahorcar Odiar Ayudar Esperar Apresurarse Implicar Impresionar Incluir Averiguar Inventar Planchar Bromear Justificar Matar Golpear Durar Mentir Escuchar

Live Love Maintain Measure Mention Name Notice Obey Oblige Offer Order Pack Pass Place Please Practise Prepare Produce Propose Punish Rain Receive Refuse Remain Remind Rent Repeat Report Require Return Sail Seem Shout Smile

Vivir Amar Mantener Medir Mencionar Nombrar

Look Lower Marry Mend Move Note

Mirar Bajar Casarse Componer Mover Notar Numerar Obligar Ocupar Abrir Organizar Pintar Permitir Jugar Poseer Preferir Presentar Prometer Tirar de Empujar Alcanzar Referir Aliviar

Notar, darse cuenta Number Obedecer Obligar Ofrecer Ordenar Empaquetar Pasar Colocar Agradar Practicar Preparar Producir Proponer Castigar Llover Recibir Rehusar Permanecer Recordar Arrendar Repetir Informar Requerir Volver Navegar Parecer Gritar Sonrer Oblige Occupy Open Organize Paint Permit Play Possess Prefer Present Promise Pull Push Reach Refer Relieve

Remember Recordar Remove Repair Reply Request Rest Rush Save Sharpen Sign Smoke Quitar Reparar Replicar Suplicar, requerir Descansar Precipitarse Ahorrar Afilar Firmar Fumar

Sound Stop Suffer Suppose Talk Taste Touch Thank Translate Trouble Try Unite Vary Wait Want Watch Wish Worry

Sonar Parar Sufrir Suponer Hablar Probar Tocar Agradecer Traducir Molestar Probar Unir Variar Esperar Querer Vigilar Desear Preocuparse

Start Study Suggest Surprise Tame Tire Test Tie Travel Trust Turn Use Visit Walk Wash Weigh Work Wound

Empezar Estudiar Sugerir Sorprender Domesticar Cansar Probar Atar Viajar Confiar Girar Usar Visitar Andar Lavar Pesar Trabajar Herir

Son los que forman el pasado y el participio pasado aadiendo la terminacin ' -ed' I work / Yo trabajo I worked / Yo trabaj o trabajaba

Adjetivos
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. good: bueno bad: malo large: grande small: pequeo long: largo short: corto thick: grueso narrow: estrecho deep: profundo/hondo shallow: llano

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54.

whole: entero low: bajo high: alto near: cerca far: lejos quick: rpido slow: lento early: temprano late: tarde bright: vivo, brillante dark: oscuro cloudy: nublado sunny: soleado clear: despejado, claro warm: caliente, templado cool: fresco hot: caliente cold: fro dry: seco wet: mojado hard: duro soft: suave heavy: pesado light: liviano strong: fuerte weak: dbil clean: limpio dirty: sucio empty: vaco full: lleno thirsty: sediento hungry: hambriento fat: gordo skinny: flaco old: viejo young: joven sweet: dulce sour: agrio, cido bitter: amargo salty: salado expensive: caro cheap: barato free: gratis difficult: difcil

Aspecto fisico- Physical Appearence. Tall (tol) - alto, alta Thin (thin)- delgado, delgada Slim (slim)- esbelto, esbelta Fat (fat)- gordo, gorda Plump (plump)- gordito, gordita Strong (estrong)- fuerte Weak (wik)- dbil Bold (bold)- calvo, calva Handsome (handsome) Good-looking (god lookin), attractive (atractive)- guapo, guapa, atractivo, atractiva Lovely (lovly)-guapa Ugly (ugly)- feo, fea

Personalidad - Personality cheerful (chirful) -alegre, jovial; kind (kaind)-amable ambitious (ambicious)- ambicioso friendly (friendli)- amigable, simptico, agradable cantankerous (kantakerious)- cascarrabias cowardly (kowardlie)-cobarde sympathetic (understanding)-comprensivo conservative (konservatife)-conservador conventional (konventional)- convencional talkative (tolkative)- conversador, hablador flirtatious (fliratious)- coqueta polite (polite)-corts, educado big-headed (big headead)-credo, engredo cruel (krul)- cruel open-minded (open mindead): narrow-minded (narrouw mindead):de actitud abierta, sin prejuiciosde mentalidad cerrada, intolerante; moody (moodie)- de humor cambiante bitchy (bitchie)- de mala leche, venenoso; careless (kareleass)- descuidado, poco cuidadoso carefree (kare frie)- despreocupado trustworthy (trust wortie)- digno de confianza argumentative (argumentative), quarrelsome (kuarelsome)- discutidor selfish (selfish)- egosta charming (charming)- encantador strict (estrict)- estricto, severo, riguroso two-faced (too faced)- falso reliable(reliabel) fiable(fiable), confiable:(konfiable) -es una persona en la que se puede confiar

loyal (loyial)-fiel generous (generous)- generoso honest (onest)- honesto naive (naife)- ingenuo, inocentn crazy (krazy), nuts (nuts) -loco, chiflado bad-tempered (bad tempeared)- malhumorado naughty (children) (naugty)- malo, travieso (nios) modest (modest)- modesto proud (proud)- orgulloso lazy- (lazy)- perezoso, vago annoying (anoying)- pesado conceited (konceited), full of oneself (full of oneself)- presumido cautious (kaitious)- prudente, cauteloso, cauto; weird (wird)- raro, extrao self-confident (self confident): to be self-confident seguro de s mismo: tener confianza en s mismo sensible (sensival)- sensato, prudente; sensitive (sensitife)- sensible dull (dull), boring (boring)- soso, aburrido mean (mean)- tacao stubborn (stuborn)- terco, testarudo, tozudo hard-working (hard working) -trabajador laid-back (laid bak)- tranquilo, relajado shy( shie) ,introverted (introvertead)- tmido, vergonzoso - introvertido brave (braive)- valiente

Colores -Colors black (blak)-negro gray (gri)-gris violet (violit)-violeta white (juit)-blanco green (grin)-verde orange (rendch)-naranja red (red)-rojo brown (brun)-marrn

sky blue (ski blu)-celeste blue (blu)- azul yellow (ilou)-amarillo pink (pink)- rosa purple (prpl)- prpura beige (bidch) - beige turquoise (trkuis) - turquesa

Tamao/Medida- Size/Measure big (big) - grande large (lardch) - grande huge (jidch) - enorme small (smol) - pequeo tiny (tini) - diminuto heavy (jvi) - pesado light (lit) - liviano thick (zik) - grueso thin (zin) - delgado wide (uid) - ancho high (ji) - elevado,alto low (lu) - bajo tall (tol) - alto short (short) - corto, bajo long (long) - largo medium (mdium) - medio narrow (nrrou) - angosto deep (dip) - profundo shallow (shlou) - superficial,poco profundo broad (brod) - ancho

Forma- Shape square (skur) - cuadrado round (rund) - redondo rectangular (rektnguiular) - rectangular triangular (trainguiular) - triangular oval (uval) - oval conical (knical) - cnico spherical (sfrical) - esfrico cubical (kibical) - cbico cylindrical (cilndrical) - cilndrico straight (strit)- recto curved (kervd) - curvo crooked (krkid) - torcido broad (brod) - ancho

narrow (nrrou) -angosto flat (flat) - plano steep (stip) - empinado hollow (jlou) - hueco solid (slid) - slido Edad/Tiempo - Age/Time old (uld) - viejo young (ing) - joven new (ni) - nuevo modern (mdern) - moderno ancient (inshent) - antiguo old fashioned - anticuado updated (pditid) - actualizado outdated (utditid) desactualizado fast (fast) - rpido quick (kuk) - rpido slow (slu) - lento senior (snior) - mayor junior (dchnior) - muy joven,principiante current (krrent) - actual past (past) - pasado future (fiutur) - futuro Tiempo (clima)- Weather rainy (rini) - lluvioso stormy (strmi) - tormentoso sunny (sni) - soleado windy (undi) - ventoso snowy (snui) - con nieve damp (damp) - hmedo dry (dri) - seco icy (ici) - con hielo foggy (fgui) - con niebla overcast (uvercst) - nublado cloudy (cludi) - nuboso clear (clar) - despejado mild (mild) - templado

Temperatura- Temperature freezing (frissing) - helado

chilly (chli) - fro cold (culd) - fro cool (kul) - fresco lukewarm (lk-urm) - tibio boiling (biling) - hirviendo muggy (mgui) - caluroso hot (jot) - caluroso warm (urm) - clido pleasant (plsant) - agradable Textura/Tacto- Texture/Touch hard (jrd) - duro soft (soft) - blando rough (raf) - spero, rugoso smooth (smud) - suave solid (slid) - slido liquid (lkuid) - lquido wet (wt) - mojado dry (dri) - seco slippery (slperi) - resbaladizo sticky (stki) - pegagoso even (ven) - llano, liso uneven (anven) - desigual sharp (sharp) - afilado blunt (blant) - desafilado clean (klin) - limpio dirty (drti) - sucio tight (tit) - apretado loose (lus) - holgado

Materiales- Materials iron (iron) - de hierro steel (stil) - de acero rubber (rber) - de goma paper (piper) - de papel woolen (wulen) - de lana plastic (plstic) - de plstico stone (stun) - de piedra wooden (wudn) - de madera glass(gls) - de vidrio leather (lder) - de cuero silver (slver) - de plata gold (guld) - de oro

tin (tin) - de lata cotton (kton) - de algodn

Religin- Religion Catholic (czolic) - catlico Protestant (prtestant) - protestante Anglican (nglican) - anglicano Baptist (bptist) - bautista Christian (crstchan) - cristiano Hindu (jndu) - hind Buddhist (bdist) - budista Muslin (mslim) - musulmn Jewish (dchish) - judo Lutheran (lzeran) - luterano

absent abstract abstracts accent accents addict addicts advert adverts affect affects affix affixes allies alloy

'bsnt 'bstrkt 'bstrkts 'ksnt 'ksnts 'dkt 'dkts 'dvt 'dvts 'fekt 'fekts 'fks fksz 'laz 'lo

b'sent b'strkt b'strkts k'sent k'sents 'dkt 'dkts d'vt d'vts 'fekt 'fekts 'fks 'fksz 'laz 'lo

alloys ally annex annexes attribute attributes collect collects combat combats combine combines commune communes compact compacts complex compound compounds compress compresses concert concerts conduct confines conflict conflicts conscript

'loz 'la 'neks 'neksz 'trbjut 'trbjuts 'klekt 'klekts 'kmbt 'kmbts 'kmban 'kmbanz 'kmjun 'kmjunz 'kmpkt 'kmpkts 'kmpleks 'kmpand 'kmpandz 'kmpres 'kmpresz 'knst 'knsts 'kndkt 'knfanz 'knflkt 'knflkts 'knskrpt

'loz 'la 'neks 'neksz 'trbjut 'trbjuts k'lekt k'lekts km'bt km'bts km'ban km'banz k'mjun k'mjunz km'pkt km'pkts km'pleks km'pand km'pandz km'pres km'presz kn'st kn'sts kn'dkt kn'fanz kn'flkt kn'flkts kn'skrpt

conscripts console consoles consort consorts content contents contest contests contract contracts contrast contrasts converse convert converts convict convicts counterbalance counterbalances decoy decoys decrease decreases defect defects defile defiles

'knskrpts 'knsl 'knslz 'knst 'knsts 'kntent 'kntents 'kntest 'kntests 'kntrkt 'kntrkts 'kntrst 'kntrsts 'knvs 'knvt 'knvts 'knvkt 'knvkts 'kantblns 'kantblnsz 'diko 'dikoz 'dikris 'dikrisz 'difekt 'difekts 'difal 'difalz

kn'skrpts kn'sl kn'slz kn'st kn'sts kn'tent kn'tents kn'test kn'tests kn'trkt kn'trkts kn'trst kn'trsts kn'vs kn'vt kn'vts kn'vkt kn'vkts ,kant'blns ,kant'blnsz d'ko d'koz d'kris d'krisz d'fekt d'fekts d'fal d'falz

descant descants desert deserts dictate dictates digest digests discard discards discharge discharges discount discounts discourse discourses entrance entrances envelope envelopes escort escorts essay essays excess excise exploit exploits

'desknt 'desknts 'dezt 'dezts 'dktet 'dktets 'daest 'daests 'dskd 'dskdz 'ds 'dsz 'dskant 'dskants 'dsks 'dsksz 'entrns 'entrnsz 'nvlp 'nvlps 'eskt 'eskts 'ese 'esez 'ekses 'eksaz 'eksplot 'eksplots

d'sknt d'sknts d'zt d'zts dk'tet dk'tets d'est d'ests d'skd d'skdz d's d'sz ds'kant ds'kants d'sks d'sksz n'trns n'trnsz n'velp n'velps 'skt 'skts e'se e'sez k'ses k'saz k'splot k'splots

export exports extract extracts ferment ferments filtrate filtrates fragment fragments frequent impact impacts implant implants import imports impress impresses imprint imprints incense incline inclines increase increases indent indents

'ekspt 'ekspts 'ekstrkt 'ekstrkts 'fment 'fments 'fltret 'fltrets 'frgmnt 'frgmnts 'frikwnt 'mpkt 'mpkts 'mplnt 'mplnts 'mpt 'mpts 'mpres 'mpresz 'mprnt 'mprnts 'nsens 'nklan 'nklanz 'kris 'krisz 'ndent 'ndents

k'spt k'spts k'strkt k'strkts f'ment f'ments fl'tret fl'trets frg'ment frg'ments fr'kwent m'pkt m'pkts m'plnt m'plnts m'pt m'pts m'pres m'presz m'prnt m'prnts n'sens n'klan n'klanz/td> n'kris n'krisz n'dent n'dents

inlay inlays insert inserts inset insets instinct insult insults interchange interchanges interdict interdicts intern interns introvert introverts inverse invite invites mandate misconduct misprint misprints object objects overbid overbids

'nle 'nlez 'nst 'nsts 'nset 'nsets 'nstkt 'nslt 'nslts 'nten 'ntenz 'ntdkt 'ntdkts 'ntn 'ntnz 'ntrvt 'ntrvts 'nvs 'nvat 'nvats 'mndet ,ms'kndkt 'msprnt 'msprnts 'bkt 'bkts 'vbd 'vbdz

,n'le ,n'lez n'st n'sts ,n'set ,n'sets ,n'stkt n'slt n'slts ,nt'en ,nt'enz ,nt'dkt ,nt'dkts n'tn n'tnz ,ntr'vt ,ntr'vts n'vs n'vat n'vats ,mn'det ,mskn'dkt ,ms'prnt ,ms'prnts b'ekt b'ekts ,v'bd ,v'bdz

overcharge overcharges overflow overflows overhang overhangs overhaul overhauls overlap overlaps overlay overlays overprint overprints overstrain overthrow overthrows overwork perfect perfume perfumes permit permits pervert perverts prefix prefixes presage

'v 'vz 'vfl 'vflz 'vh 'vhz 'vhl 'vhlz 'vlp 'vlps 'vle 'vlez 'vprnt 'vprnts 'vstren 'vr 'vrz 'vwk 'pfkt 'pfjum 'pfjumz 'pmt 'pmts 'pvt 'pvts 'prifks 'prifksz 'pres

,v' ,v'z ,v'fl ,v'flz ,v'h ,v'hz ,v'hl ,v'hlz v'lp ,v'lps ,v'le ,v'lez ,v'prnt/td> ,v'prnts ,v'stren ,v'r ,v'rz ,v'wk p'fekt p'fjum p'fjumz p'mt p'mts p'vt p'vts ,pri'fks ,pri'fksz pr'se

presages present presents proceeds process processed processes processing produce progress progresses project projects prolapse prolapses prospect prospects prostrate protest protests purport quadruple quadruples rampage rampages rebel rebels rebound

'presz 'preznt 'preznts 'prsidz 'prses 'prsest 'prsesz 'prses 'prdjus 'prgres 'prgresz 'prekt 'prekts 'prlps 'prlpsz 'prspekt 'prspekts 'prstret 'prtest 'prtests 'ppt 'kwdrupl 'kwdruplz 'rmpe 'rmpez 'rebl 'reblz 'riband

pr'sez pr'zent pr'zents pr'sidz pr'ses pr'sest pr'sesz pr'ses pr'djus pr'gres pr'gresz pr'ekt pr'ekts pr'lps pr'lpsz pr'spekt pr'spekts pr'stret pr'test pr'tests p'pt kw'drupl kw'druplz ,rm'pe ,rm'pez r'bel r'belz ,ri'band

rebounds recall recalls recap recapped recapping recaps record records re-count re-counts refill refills refit refits refund refunds refuse rehash rehashes reject rejects relay relaying relays remake remakes remount

'ribandz 'rikl 'riklz 'rikp 'rikpt 'rikp 'rikps 'rekd 'rekdz 'rikant 'rikants 'rifl 'riflz 'rift 'rifts 'rifnd 'rifndz 'refjus 'rih 'rihz 'riekt 'riekts 'rile ,ri'le 'rilez 'rimek 'rimeks 'rimant

r'bandz r'kl r'klz ,ri'kp ,ri'kpt ,ri'kp ,ri'kps r'kd r'kdz ,ri'kant ,ri'kants ,ri'fl ,ri'flz ,ri'ft ,ri'fts r'fnd r'fndz r'fjuz ,ri'h ,ri'hz r'ekt r'ekts ,ri'le r'le ,ri'lez ,ri'mek ,ri'meks ,ri'mant

remounts replay replays reprint reprints rerun reruns retake retakes rethink rethinks retread retreads rewrite rewrites second seconded seconding seconds segment segments subcontract subcontracts subject subjects surmise surmises survey

'rimants 'riple 'riplez 'riprnt 'riprnts 'rirn 'rirnz 'ritek 'riteks 'rik 'riks 'ritred 'ritredz 'rirat 'rirats 'seknd 'sekndd 'seknd 'sekndz 'segmnt 'segmnts ,sb'kntrkt ,sb'kntrkts 'sbkt 'sbkts 'smaz 'smazz 'sve

,ri'mants ,ri'ple ,ri'plez ,ri'prnt ,ri'prnts ,ri'rn ,ri'rnz ,ri'tek ,ri'teks ,ri'k ,ri'ks ,ri'tred ,ri'tredz ,ri'rat ,ri'rats s'knd s'kndd s'knd s'kndz seg'ment seg'ments ,sbkn'trkt ,sbkn'trkts sb'ekt sb'ekts s'maz s'mazz s've

surveys suspect suspects torment torments transfer transfers transplant transplants transport transports undercharge undercharges undercut underlay underline underlines undertaking undertakings upgrade upgrades uplift upset upsets

'svez 'sspekt 'sspekts 'tment 'tments 'trnsfR 'trnsfz 'trnsplnt 'trnsplnts 'trnspt 'trnspts 'nd 'ndz 'ndkt 'ndle 'ndlan 'ndlanz 'ndtek 'ndtekz 'pgred 'pgredz 'plft 'pset 'psets

s'vez s'spekt s'spekts t'ment t'ments trns'fR trns'fz trns'plnt trns'plnts trn'spt trn'spts ,nd' ,nd'z ,nd'kt ,nd'le ,nd'lan ,nd'lanz ,nd'tek ,nd'tekz ,p'gred ,p'gredz ,p'lft ,p'set ,p'sets

There were two interesting words which reversed the trend of this set, words where the front-stressed form was the (3rd person singular) verb and a form with stress later in the word was the (plural) noun:

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'nlazz 'dagnzz

'nlsiz ,dag'nsiz

-ATE words Another large group was the set of words ending with -ate where the noun/adjective sense uses a schwa while the verb sense uses a full /e/ diphthong. There were 44 of these (or 72 counting the inflectional variants). All of them retain the same stress pattern whether noun/adjective or verb except for alternate and consummate which, like analyses and diagnoses and unlike the other stress homographs, puts the stress at the front for the verb and later for the noun/adjective. I have omitted discriminate, which is very common as a verb but extremely rare as an adjective, although the negative of the adjective, indiscriminate, is common. (See Higgins 1984 for a discussion of the phenomenon.)
advocate advocates agglomerate aggregate aggregates alternate animate appropriate approximate articulate 'dvkt 'dvkts 'glmrt 'grgt 'grgts l'tnt 'nmt 'prprt 'prksmt 'tkjlt 'dvket 'dvkets 'glmret 'grget 'grgets 'ltnet 'nmet 'prpret 'prksmet 'tkjlet

aspirate aspirates associate associates certificate certificates confederate confederates conglomerate conglomerates consummate coordinate coordinates degenerate degenerates delegate delegates deliberate desolate duplicate duplicates ejaculate ejaculates elaborate estimate estimates expatriate expatriates

'sprt 'sprts 'st 'sts s'tfkt s'tfkts kn'fedrt kn'fedrts kn'glmrt kn'glmrts 'knsmet ,k'dnt ,k'dnts d'enrt d'enrts 'delgt 'delgts d'lbrt 'deslt 'djuplkt 'djuplkts 'kjult 'kjults 'lbrt 'estmt 'estmts eks'ptrt eks'ptrts

'spret 'sprets 'set 'sets s'tfket s'tfkets kn'fedret kn'fedrets kn'glmret kn'glmrets kn'smt ,k'dnet ,k'dnets d'enret d'enrets 'delget 'delgets d'lbret 'deslet 'djuplket 'djuplkets 'kjulet 'kjulets 'lbret 'estmet 'estmets eks'ptret eks'ptrets

graduate graduates incarnate incorporate inebriate inebriates initiate initiates intimate intimates legitimate moderate moderates pontificate pontificates precipitate predicate predicates quadruplicate quadruplicates regenerate reincarnate reticulate separate separates subordinate subordinates syndicate

'grt 'grts n'knt n'kprt 'nibrt 'nibrts 'nt 'nts 'ntmt 'ntmts l'tmt 'mdrt 'mdrts pn'tfkt pn'tfkts pr'sptt 'predkt 'predkts kw'druplkt kw'druplkts r'enrt ,rin'knt r'tkjlt 'seprt 'seprts s'bdnt s'bdnts 'sndkt

'gret 'grets n'knet n'kpret 'nibret 'nibrets 'net 'nets 'ntmet 'ntmets l'tmts 'mdret 'mdrets pn'tfket pn'tfkets pr'sptet 'predket 'predkets kw'druplket kw'druplkets r'enret ,rin'knet r'tkjlet 'sepret 'seprets s'bdnet s'bdnets 'sndket

syndicates triplicate triplicates underestimate underestimates

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'sndkts 'trplkt 'trplkts ,nd'restmt ,nd'restmts

'sndkets 'trplket 'trplkets ,nd'restmet ,nd'restmets

-MENT words A similar but smaller group was the set of words ending with -ment where the noun sense uses a schwa while the verb sense uses a full vowel. There were five of these (ten including the inflectional variants).
compliment compliments document documents implement implements ornament ornaments supplement supplements
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'kmplmnt 'kmplmnts 'dkjmnt 'dkjmnts 'implmnt 'mplmnts 'nmnt 'nmnts 'splmnt 'splmnts

'kmplment 'kmplments 'dkjment 'dkjments 'mplment 'mplments 'nment 'nments 'splment 'splments

Voicing A fifth set was that in which the noun/verb or adjective/verb distinction was made by voicing a final consonant. There were eighteen of these. One of them, the word close, exists

as a verb with /z/, as an adjective with /s/, and as two different nouns, with /z/ meaning 'conclusion' and with /s/ meaning 'street with no exit'. In the form closer it may be a comparative adjective with /s/ or an agent noun with /z/. It is also worth noting the way used occurs with /s/ in the colligation 'used to' to make a past tense while the pronunciation with /z/ has the meaning 'employed'.
abuse abuses baths close closes closer diffuse excuse excuses house misuse misuses mouth mouths unused use used uses
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'bjus 'bjusz bz kls 'klsz 'kls d'fjus k'skjus k'skjusz has ,ms'jus ,ms'jusz ma mas n'just jus just 'jusz

'bjuz 'bjuzz bs klz 'klzz 'klz d'fjuz k'skjuz k'skjuzz haz ,ms'juz ,ms'juzz ma maz n'juzd juz juzd 'juzz

Words beginning re-

Apart from the words beginning with re- which occur as front-stressed nouns or end-stressed verbs such as rebel, record, refill and reprint, listed under stress homographs above, there are a number of others which are not distinguished by main stress but by the presence of secondary stress on the prefix and a consequent change of pronunciation from /r/ to /ri/. The first pronunciation tends to be associated with the meaning 'back' and the second with 'again'. The prefix rewith the second pronunciation often has the potential to enter homographs as one returns to earlier meanings of the base form. Thus we talk of reform /r'fm/ in the church or the legal system, but a sculptor might reform /,ri'fm/ a clay model; you can make a remark /r'mk/ in speech, while a teacher may remark /,ri'mk/ a contested exam paper. You may resent /r'zent/ unfair criticism, while a garbled message may be resent/,ri'sent/. This distinction is sometimes signalled by including a hyphen in the spelling for the second meanings, re-form, re-mark and re-sent. Notice that the main stress does not move, and that where the base begins with <s> the pronuciation shifts between /z/ and /s/ as in resent, reserve, resign and resort. More of these forms may be added to the language, though those listed below are the only ones I know of so far that are well attested. There are two other special cases, the verb represent and the noun recreation in which the stress is on the prefix and the distinction is between the pronunciations /re/ and /ri/.

recover recovers recovered recovering recreation reform reforms reformed reforming rejoin rejoined rejoining rejoins (answer/join again) remark remarks remarked remarking represent represents represented representing reproof

r'kv r'kvz r'kvd r'kv 'rekr,en r'fm r'fmz r'fmd r'fm r'on r'ond r'on r'onz r'mk r'mks r'mkt r'mk 'reprzent 'reprzents 'reprzentd 'reprzent r'pruf

,ri'kv ,ri'kvz ,ri'kvd ,ri'kv 'rikr,en ,ri'fm ,ri'fmz ,ri'fmd ,ri'fm ,ri'on ,ri'ond ,ri'on ,ri'onz ,ri'mk ,ri'mks ,ri'mkt ,ri'mk 'riprzent 'riprzents 'riprzentd 'riprzent ,ri'pruf

(get better after illness/put new covers on soft furniture) (amusement/copying an effect or mood)

(change a corrupt system/re-make a clay statue)

(comment/mark a contested exam paper again)

(stand for/present again)

reproofs resent reserve reserves reserved reserving resign resigns resigned resigning resolve resolves resolved resolving resort resorts resorted resorting
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r'prufs r'zent r'z3v r'z3vz r'z3vd r'z3v r'zan r'zanz r'zand r'zan r'zlv r'zlvz r'zlvd r'zlv r'zt r'zts r'ztd r'zt

,ri'prufs ,ri'sent ,ri's3v ,ri's3vz ,ri's3vd ,ri's3v ,ri'sn ,ri'snz ,ri'snd ,ri'sn ,ri'slv ,ri'slvz ,ri'slvd ,ri'slv ,ri'st ,ri'sts ,ri'std ,ri'st

(criticism/proofread again) (feel bitter/transmitted again)

(make a booking/serve again)

(step down from a job/sign again)

(determine/solve again)

(make use of OR holiday town/sort again)

Two more small groups could also be identified and separated. The first was the nine -ed adjectives with matching verb past tenses:

aged blessed crabbed crooked cursed dogged jagged learned ragged

'ed 'blesd 'krbd 'krkd 'ksd 'dgd 'gd 'lnd 'rgd

ed blest krbd krkt kst dgd gd lnd rgd

Not in the dictionary with both pronunciations but behaving similarly is the word beloved, which has three syllables as a noun or attributive adjective, but only two as a passive participle. ("I loved and was beloved again": Byron.) The adjective supposed has a rare archaic three-syllable pronunciation which is preserved in the derived adverb, supposedly. Winged was listed only as a one-syllable verb, but is also heard often as a two-syllable adjective in the phrase "Winged Victory". This dictionary listed wicked only as a two-syllable adjective, but the full OED also lists a onesyllable pronunciation, meaning "having a wick". Similarly this dictionary has rugged only as a two-syllable adjective, but the full OED has rug as a verb, which you might use in "We don't need another rug; the room is well rugged already." The other group was the set of French loan words whose Anglicised plural is not represented in the spelling. Only five were recorded in the lists, but there are also many proper names, especially those associated with products, books or works of art, that behave in the same way, such as

Beaujolais, Chablis, Charollais, Rabelais, Beaumarchais or Millais. There are also phrases such as faux pas and pincenez which can be given a /z/ plural. A special case would be Grand Prix. Several such races might be given a /z/ plural, but a careful editor would write Grands Prix for the plural, making this not a homograph.
bourgeois chamois corps patois rendezvous
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'bw 'mw k 'ptw 'rndvu

'bwz 'mwz kz 'ptwz 'rndvuz

"True" homographs That left the following set of 112 homographs (173 if all the inflectional variants are counted) arising from a variety of causes. This section of the list includes those words like moped and wound which are most typical of what we have in mind when we think of homographs. These include a number which were not in the original dictionary list. I have included several which contrast an ordinary word with a place or personal name: the words nice, angers, lens and tours all contrasting with French cities, liege with a Belgian city, trier with a German city, hue with a Vietnamese city, reading with an English town, scone with a Scottish village and palace, wear with an English river, tangier with a Moroccan port, mobile with a city in Alabama, natal with a South African province, rainier with a prince of Monaco, munch with a Norwegian artist, pears with an English

singer, dieter with a German first-name, ravel with a French composer, and job with an Old-Testament prophet. Like august/August, and polish/Polish they are distinguished by capitalisation and would only be homographs in sentenceinitial position or in all-upper-case writing. The word romance as a verb meaning to pay court to would most likely have the schwa in the first syllable, while romance meaning a piece of fiction could have either schwa or a full diphthong, and Romance as a description of languages derived from Latin would almost certainly have the full diphthong. The surname Brazil is usually front-stressed (as in Angela Brazil the author) while the name of the country is end-stressed. The girl's name Nancy is another homograph in contrast with a French city. The word dove is a homograph for speakers of Amercian English but not for the British for whom the past tense of dive is dived. The verb sundry (dry in the sun) is not well attested, though the participle sundried is common on food labels, sometimes with a hyphen, sun-dried. I am also unsure how well the verb predate is attested in the meaning "devour prey", though it is common in its other meaning of "come before". In six cases of recent loan words, expose, charge, pate, rose, resume and attaches, the homograph is disambiguated by retaining the French accents in the English spelling. The contrast between the two-syllable and threesyllable pronunciations of evening may not be consistently made by all RP speakers, though all would recognise it, I believe.

Many of these words are particularly popular with crossword setters since they allow for the creation of misleading cryptic clues. (See below for examples.)
agape angers/Angers arithmetic attachs/attaches the accent) august/August (solemn/eighth month) axes aye (Yes/ever) baas bases bass (kind of fish/low voice) batman/Batman bow bowed 'btmn b bd 'bt,mn ba bad (army officer's servant/comic book hero) bs 'besz bs bz 'besiz bes (South African boss/makes a sheep-like noise) (plural of base/plural of basis) 'ksz a 'ksiz e (plural of axe/plural of axis) 'gst 'gst 'gp 'gz 'rmtk 'taeez 'gep 'e ,r'metk 'taetz (Christian love/open-mouthed) (makes angry, city in France) (noun, adjective as in 'arithmetic mean') (diplomats/fastens together; not a homograph if one retains

bowing bows bower bowers bowman bowmen Brazil buffet buffets bustier cave master) charge/charg charges/chargs cleanly (adjective/adverb) denier dieter/Dieter

'b bz 'b 'bz 'bmn 'bmn 'brzl 'bfe 'bfez 'bste kev

'ba baz 'ba 'baz 'bamn 'bamn br'zl 'bft 'bfts 'bst ke'vi

(play violin/bend from the waist)

(violinist/tree-shaded place)

(archer/rower at bow of boat) (English surname/South American country)

(help-yourself table/blow) (a garment/with a larger bosom) (rock dwelling/schoolboys' warning of an approaching 'z 'klenl 'den 'dat 'e 'ez 'klinl d'na 'dit

(attack/short for charg d'affaires, temporary ambassador)

(stocking measure, one who denies) (one who eats little to lose weight, German first name)

do does dove drawer drawers "refer to drawer") entrance entrances (way in/give delight) evening the score") expose/expos exposes/exposs one retains the accent) finish flower flowers forbear forbears (ancestor/not do)

d dz dv dr drz

du dz dv dr drz

(musical note/auxiliary verb) (female deer/auxiliary verb) (past of dive (US)/bird of peace)

(sliding container in a desk/one who draws a chequeas in 'entrns 'entrnsz 'ivn n'trns n'trnsz 'ivn

(period after sunset/making smooth or equal, as in "evening ks'pz ks'pzz eks'pze eks'pzez

(remove a cover/scandalous revelation; not homographs if 'fn 'fla 'flaz 'fbe 'fbez 'fan 'fl 'flz f'be f'bez

(complete/somewhat fine)

(plant/something that flows)

forearm forearms furrier (more furry/fur dealer) gallant (adjective/person) gill gills glower glowers grave graves housewife housewives issued to soldiers) hue/Hue (colour/city in Vietnam) imagines insect) inter (between/bury a body) invalid

'frm 'frmz 'fr 'glnt l lz 'gla 'glaz grv grvz 'haswaf 'haswavz

,f'rm ,f'rmz 'fr g'lnt gl glz 'gl 'glz grev grevz 'hzf 'hzfs

(part of the arm/prepare for danger)

(liquid measure/part of fish)

(frown/something that glows)

(French accent/burial place)

(married woman who looks after the household/sewing kit hju 'mnz hwe 'megniz

(forms a mental picture/plural of 'imago', adult stage of an 'nt 'nvld n't3 n'vld

(sick person/out of date) job/Job layer layers (stratum/egg-producer) lead leading leads (metal/go first) lens/Lens lied (told lies/German song) liege/Lige live (verb/adjective) lives (verb/noun) lower lowered lowering lowers (make more low/frown) manes minute 'mnez 'mnt menz ma'njut (customs/fur round animal's neck) 'l 'ld 'lr 'lz 'la 'lad 'lar 'laz lvz lavz li lv li'e lav (loyal subject of a king/city in Belgium) lenz lad ls lit (shaped glass for focussing light/French city) led 'led ledz lid 'lid lidz b 'le 'lez b 'le 'lez (work/character in the Old Testament)

(unit of time/very small) mobile/Mobile moped mow mowed mowing mows (cut grass/grimace) multiply (verb/adverb) munch/Munch (chew/Norwegian artist) Nancy natal/Natal nice/Nice (pleasant/city in France) number numbers pace peace') palled palling pld 'pl pld 'pl 'nmb 'nmbz pes 'nm 'nmz 'p 'nns 'netl nas 'ns n'tl nis (English girl's name/French city) (concerning birth/province of South Africa) mn mn 'mltpla 'mltpl 'mbal 'mped m md 'm mz m'bil mpt ma mad 'ma maz (easy to move/city in Alabama) (motor-cycle/was gloomy)

(numerical value/thing which makes (more) numb) (step or speed/with respect (I disagree) from Latin 'in

(made friends/became boring) pasty (pie/pale) pt/pate accents) Pears/pears (English singer/fruit) peer peers pension pensions periodic oxygen than iodic acid) polish/Polish (make shiny/from Poland) poll polls (parrots/opinion surveys) prayer prayers predate predates predated 'pre 'prez pri'det pri'dets pri'detd 'pre 'prez 'pre,dt 'pre,dts 'pre,dtd pl plz pl plz 'pl 'pl p pz 'pnsn 'pnsnz pr'dk 'pi 'piz 'penn 'pennz 'p'radk pz 'pez 'pte pet (meat spread/bald head; not a homograph if one retains the 'pst 'pest

(look closely/one who pees)

(boarding-house/salary in retirement) (occurring at intervals/in 'periodic acid' containing more

(what is said to God/person who prays)

(come before/consume prey) preposition prepositions pussy (beloved cat/oozing pus) put puts putting rainier/Rainier ravel/Ravel read lip-read misread proofread reread reading/Reading real/Real team) resume/rsum romance/Romance r'zjum r'mns 'rezj,me r'mns (start again/CV; not a homograph if one retains the accent) pt pts 'pt 'reni 'rvl rid 'lp-rid ,ms'rid 'prufrid ri'rid 'rid rl pt pts 'pt 'renie rvel/ red 'lp-red ,ms'red 'prufred ri'red 'red 'rel 'prepzn 'prepznz 'ps 'pripzn 'pripznz 'ps

(part of speech/put in place in advance)

(place/hit a golf ball on the green, often spelled PUTT) (wetter weather/Prince of Monaco) (entangle/French composer)

(present tense/past tense) (looking at words/town in Berkshire or Massachusetts) (not imaginary/old Spanish silver coin or Madrid football

(pay court to or piece of fiction/language derived from Latin) rose/ros the accent) routed routing 'ratd 'rat 'rutd 'rut rz 'rze (kind of flower/pink wine; not a homograph if one retains

(comprehensively beating in battle/sending on a particular way, sometimes spelled ROUTEING) row rowed rowing rows (propel a boat/argue) sake (behalf/Japanese drink) scone/Scone sewer sewers (person who sews/drain) shower showers sin skier skiers 'a 'az 'sn 'ski 'skiz ' 'z 'san 'ska 'skaz skn 's 'sz skun 'sju 'sjuz (small cake/village and palace near Perth in Scotland) sek 'sk r rd 'r rz ra rad 'ra raz

(short rainfall/one who shows) (wickedness/trigonometric funtion)

(one who skis/ball hit high into the air) slaver slavers 'slv 'slvz 'slev 'slevz sla (also in USA) slu slaz sa saz 'sn,dra 'sn,draz s'pla 'swn tn' 'tr te tez t tz

(foam at the mouth/ship carrying slaves) slough sloughs (discard skin/marsh) sow sows (spread seed/female pig) sundry sundries (various/dry in the sun) supply (in a supple way/provide) swinging tangier/Tangier tarry (wait/covered with tar) tear tears tier tiers t tz 'ta 'taz 'sw 't 'tr (from swing/from swinge, often spelled SWINGEING) (more strong-tasting/port in Morocco) 'spl 'sndr 'sndrz s sz slf slfs

(liquid from the eyes/rip in cloth)

(one who ties/row of seats)

tinged tinging TINGEING) tours/Tours tower towers trier/Trier unionised/unionized ammonia") valence valences also spelled 'valency') wear/Wear wind winding winds (moving air/twist a knob) worsted (defeated/cloth) wound
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td 't

tnd 'tn

(made a bell sound/added colour, more often spelled tz 'ta 'taz tra 'junnazd t 't 'tz tri n'anazd

(travels around/city in France)

(tall building/one who tows) (one who tries/German city) (with an organised work force/not ionised as in "unionised 'vlns 'vlnsz 'velns 'velnsz

(hanging border--also spelled 'valance'/chemical bond-we wnd 'wnd wndz 'wstd wand w wand 'wand wandz 'wstd wund

(put on clothes/river in the north of England)

(past of WIND/hurt in battle)

Quite: a tonemic homograph One other word worth drawing attention to is quite. This has two distinct meanings, completely as in "You're quite right" and to some extent as in "He's quite clever". Although both senses are pronounced the same at the segmental level, i.e. the same sequence of vowels and consonants, they are consistently differentiated by intonation, the first sense occurring in phrases with a falling tone and the second in phrases with a fall-rise. This makes it apparently the only example of a toneme distinction in English, i.e. a case where a distinction in the meaning of a word is indicated by a tone difference. I would argue that this meets the definition of a homograph, namely two meanings, two pronunciations, but only one spelling. Abbreviations There is one homograph I know of (there may be more) which arises from abbreviating two different words. Reg is pronounced /re/ when it is short for Reginald or registration, as in "a T-reg car". It is pronounced /reg/ when it is short for regulation as in "Queen's Regs" (the British Army's rule book). Luckily the second form is almost always plural and the first almost always singular, so there is little chance of confusion. There are at least four cases where a homograph arises between a full word and an abbreviation. One is the homograph of path, which is pronounced /p/ by RP speakers in its ordinary meaning as a place to walk, and /p/ when it is an abbreviation for pathology, as in "we are waiting for the path reports"; another is the

abbreviation Staffs /stfs/ for Staffordshire against the word staffs /stfs/, which would be homographs in uppercase writing; a third is the word coop meaning enclosure as opposed to Coop, sometimes written Co-op or Cop, the abbreviation for the Coperative Stores, and a fourth is the word coax pronounced /kks/ meaning 'persuade' versus the abbreviation for coaxial cable coax pronounced /k'ks/. Place names Another special case is place names. In England there are three towns called Gillingham. The one in Kent is pronounced /'lm/ while the ones in Dorset and Norfolk are pronounced /'glm/. Unfortunately only people who live locally to one of these towns (as I do) would be likely to know this and maintain the distinction consistently. There are four communities called Plaistow, pronounced /'plest/ in Derby, /'plst/ in Kent or Essex, and /'plst/ in Sussex. Alford is pronounced /'fd if you are referring to the Scottish one or /'lfd if you mean the English one. Lagos in Nigeria is pronounced /'legs/ while Lagos in Portugal is usually / 'lgs/. A similar case is Berkeley in California, pronounced /'bkl/ (by RP speakers) or /'brkl/, contrasted with Berkeley in the west of England, pronounced /'bkl/. There is also the case of the Kentucky Derby, pronounced /'drb/, and the

British horse race, the Derby at Epsom, pronounced /'db/. I suspect that one could find more cases of pairs of places in different countries with the same spelling and different pronunciations. Aint origen.
"ain't" es una contraccion de "isn't", "aren't","am not", "haven't" y "hasn't" por lo que se puede usar para sustituir cualquiera de estos verbos...es una palabra slang usada por personas con poca educacion o por quienes hablan ciertos dialectos por lo que no es aceptable en un contexto formal...se cree que fue usada por primera vez en el siglo XVIII mas o menos cuando las demas contracciones del ingles estaban apareciendo (don't, won't, etc)...por alguna razon las demas contracciones fueron aceptadas como uso formal del idioma pero con ain't no fue asi y se le dio caracter de "vulgarismo" o sea una palabra usada por las clases bajas y hasta el dia de hoy el usarlo se considera un signo de ignorancia

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Never Mind se usa cuando te das porvencido y ya no quieres saver nada de eso. O cuando quieres que se "OLVIDEN" de eso. Traducida quiere decir "Ninguna Mente"... o "Nunca Mente"... pero el significado es "Olvidalo".