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Posted 2007-10-02 14:20:54 | Comments (0)



Homographs


Hi everybody !!! como les va?... Well... I have some time without posting anything, I`ve been a little busy because of school ! yeah... homework !!!!... so, here you go some words which would break our brain.

A homograph is a word that has the same spelling as another word but has a different meaning and origin =D....


mint  |  a place where coins are manufactures by a government
mint  |  plant whose leaves are used for flavouring
mint  |  almost perfect condition almost new

bear  |  carry, support
bear  |  animal =D

date  |  statement of time: day, month, year
date  |  fruit of the date palm

light  |  opposite to dark
light  |  not heavy
light  |  cause to begin burning :D

mine  |  possesive form of the pronoun I
mine  |  an excavation made in the earth to extract metals

safe  |  free from danger
safe  |  burglar proof box in which money is kept

tap  |  quick
tap  |  device for controlling the flow of liquid

present  |  not absent
present  |  gift
present  |  submit

yard  |  a trac of ground adjacent to a building
yard  |  unit of lenght

blaze  |  a burst of fire
blaze  |  a white spot, as on the face of a horse

clutch  |  seize
clutch  |  set of eggs placed under a hen to hatch at one time
clutch  |  a pedal

chop  |  cut into pieces
chop  |  thick slice of meat with bone in it

second  |  60th part of a minute
second  |  next after the first


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