To memorize vocabulary, I practice making sentences. No. 03

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I have to harden my heart and tell her to leave.

I am on convalescence home.

This is invalid diets.

Alcohol negates the effects of the drugs.

A woman is introdusing extraneous matters into the debates.

Do you feel so grouchy now? Excuse me for being grouchy.

I feel languid. He is inert and lethargic in both roles.

The grass had withered in the warm sun.

I was wilting under the pressure of work.

It would be hard for you to laud them.

It is a prodigal expenditure.

The pain finally let up.
Aug 24th 2011 11:13 carsont

  • I am on convalescence home.
  • I am on convalescence leave.

 

  • This is invalid diets.
  • This is a bad diets. (?)

 

  • A woman is introdusing extraneous matters into the debates.
  • A woman is introducing extraneous matters into the debates.

 

  • I feel languid.
  • I feel bored. ("languid" is almost never used, outside of literature.)

 

  • He is inert and lethargic in both roles.
  • He is inert and lethargic in both roles. (Sounds like a theater critic talking about a bad actor. ^^)

 

  • It is a prodigal expenditure.
  • It is a prodigious expenditure. (or: sum) (I've never seen the word "prodigal" used outside the phrase "prodigal son"; I don't believe it is related to "prodigious.")

 

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