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Two words that look almost the same — and mean different things. appreciation or appreciative? One card, one pair, one rule. Tap a card to open it full screen, then swipe sideways for the next trap. Cards are view-only — posting to the channel is done by the bot.
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B1 Word families — the noun, the adjective, the verb.

17 cards

Vocabulary Trap #01 — success vs successful — #01 success vs successful

Vocabulary Trap #02 — difference vs different — #02 difference vs different

Vocabulary Trap #07 — choice vs choose — #07 choice vs choose

Vocabulary Trap #08 — life vs live — #08 life vs live

Vocabulary Trap #09 — danger vs dangerous — #09 danger vs dangerous

Vocabulary Trap #10 — lose vs loose — #10 lose vs loose

Vocabulary Trap #11 — dead vs die — #11 dead vs die

Vocabulary Trap #27 — breath vs breathe — #27 breath vs breathe

Vocabulary Trap #28 — health vs healthy — #28 health vs healthy

Vocabulary Trap #29 — safe vs save — #29 safe vs save

Vocabulary Trap #30 — weight vs weigh — #30 weight vs weigh

Vocabulary Trap #31 — belief vs believe — #31 belief vs believe

Vocabulary Trap #32 — pride vs proud — #32 pride vs proud

Vocabulary Trap #33 — desert vs dessert — #33 desert vs dessert

Vocabulary Trap #34 — seat vs sit — #34 seat vs sit

Vocabulary Trap #35 — chef vs chief — #35 chef vs chief

Vocabulary Trap #36 — sleepy vs asleep — #36 sleepy vs asleep

B2 Look-alike words whose meanings are not the same.

17 cards

Vocabulary Trap #03 — appreciation vs appreciative — #03 appreciation vs appreciative

Vocabulary Trap #04 — imaginary vs imaginative — #04 imaginary vs imaginative

Vocabulary Trap #12 — confident vs confidential — #12 confident vs confidential

Vocabulary Trap #13 — personal vs personnel — #13 personal vs personnel

Vocabulary Trap #14 — successful vs successive — #14 successful vs successive

Vocabulary Trap #15 — respectful vs respectable — #15 respectful vs respectable

Vocabulary Trap #16 — memorable vs memorial — #16 memorable vs memorial

Vocabulary Trap #37 — childish vs childlike — #37 childish vs childlike

Vocabulary Trap #38 — electric vs electrical — #38 electric vs electrical

Vocabulary Trap #39 — persuade vs convince — #39 persuade vs convince

Vocabulary Trap #40 — emigrate vs immigrate — #40 emigrate vs immigrate

Vocabulary Trap #41 — ensure vs insure — #41 ensure vs insure

Vocabulary Trap #42 — shade vs shadow — #42 shade vs shadow

Vocabulary Trap #43 — access vs excess — #43 access vs excess

Vocabulary Trap #44 — sympathetic vs likeable — #44 sympathetic vs likeable

Vocabulary Trap #45 — accurate vs tidy — #45 accurate vs tidy

Vocabulary Trap #46 — fabric vs factory — #46 fabric vs factory

C1 One suffix apart — and a completely different idea.

17 cards

Vocabulary Trap #05 — considerable vs considerate — #05 considerable vs considerate

Vocabulary Trap #06 — comprehensive vs comprehensible — #06 comprehensive vs comprehensible

Vocabulary Trap #17 — industrial vs industrious — #17 industrial vs industrious

Vocabulary Trap #18 — literal vs literary — #18 literal vs literary

Vocabulary Trap #19 — exhausting vs exhaustive — #19 exhausting vs exhaustive

Vocabulary Trap #20 — alternate vs alternative — #20 alternate vs alternative

Vocabulary Trap #21 — notable vs notorious — #21 notable vs notorious

Vocabulary Trap #47 — council vs counsel — #47 council vs counsel

Vocabulary Trap #48 — momentary vs momentous — #48 momentary vs momentous

Vocabulary Trap #49 — valuable vs invaluable — #49 valuable vs invaluable

Vocabulary Trap #50 — regretful vs regrettable — #50 regretful vs regrettable

Vocabulary Trap #51 — definite vs definitive — #51 definite vs definitive

Vocabulary Trap #52 — precede vs proceed — #52 precede vs proceed

Vocabulary Trap #53 — judicial vs judicious — #53 judicial vs judicious

Vocabulary Trap #54 — intense vs intensive — #54 intense vs intensive

Vocabulary Trap #55 — deprecate vs depreciate — #55 deprecate vs depreciate

Vocabulary Trap #56 — loath vs loathe — #56 loath vs loathe

C2 The pairs that separate an advanced user from a native one.

15 cards

Vocabulary Trap #22 — fortuitous vs fortunate — #22 fortuitous vs fortunate

Vocabulary Trap #23 — luxuriant vs luxurious — #23 luxuriant vs luxurious

Vocabulary Trap #24 — officious vs official — #24 officious vs official

Vocabulary Trap #25 — simplistic vs simple — #25 simplistic vs simple

Vocabulary Trap #26 — tortuous vs torturous — #26 tortuous vs torturous

Vocabulary Trap #57 — complacent vs complaisant — #57 complacent vs complaisant

Vocabulary Trap #58 — masterful vs masterly — #58 masterful vs masterly

Vocabulary Trap #59 — founder vs flounder — #59 founder vs flounder

Vocabulary Trap #60 — venal vs venial — #60 venal vs venial

Vocabulary Trap #61 — enormity vs enormousness — #61 enormity vs enormousness

Vocabulary Trap #62 — noisome vs noisy — #62 noisome vs noisy

Vocabulary Trap #63 — censor vs censure — #63 censor vs censure

Vocabulary Trap #64 — derisive vs derisory — #64 derisive vs derisory

Vocabulary Trap #65 — epigram vs epigraph — #65 epigram vs epigraph

Vocabulary Trap #66 — apposite vs opposite — #66 apposite vs opposite

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