1. in office, in the office 

in office在職的，

in the office在辦公室里 

He is in office, not out of office. 

2. in charge of, in the charge of 

in charge of管理，負責照料， 

in the charge of由……照料 

He is in charge of the matter. 

The matter is in the charge of her. 

3. out of question, out of the question 

out of question毫無疑問的，

out of the question不可能的 

4. a second, the second 

a second又一，再一，

the second第…… 

He won the second prize. 

5. by day, by the day

by day白天，

by the day按天計算 T

he workers are paid by the day. 

6. it, one

it同一物體，

one同類不同一 

I lost my pen. 

I have to buy a new one. 

7. none, nothing, no one 

none強調有多少，

nothing, no one強調有沒有，

nothing指物，

no one指人　-

-- How many…

/How much…? 

--- None. 

8. other, another 

other后接名詞復數，

another后接名詞單數

other students, 

another student 

9. not a little, not a bit 

not a little非常，

not a bit一點也不 

I'm not a bit tired. 

我一點兒也不累。 

10. many, much, a lot of 

many和可數名詞連用，

much和不可數名詞連用，

a lot of可數，不可數均可，

但不用于否定句 

I haven't many books. 

11. no, not 

no=not a/any no friend

=not a/any friend no water

=not any water 

12. no more than, not more than 

no more than相當于only，僅僅，只有，

not more than 至多，不超過 

13. tall, high 

tall常指人或動物，

high常指物體 

He is tall. 

14. fast, quickly 

fast側重于指人或物體具有運動速度快的特點，

quickly側重指某事完成或發生的快 

run fast, 

answer the question quickly 

15. high, highly 

high具體的高，

highly抽象的高，高度的 

think highly of 

16. sleeping, asleep, sleepy 

sleeping正在睡覺，

asleep睡著，熟睡，只能做表語，

sleepy困的，有睡意的

a sleeping baby 

The baby is asleep. 

I'm sleepy. 

17. respectful, respectable

respectful尊敬，有禮貌，

respectable可敬的，值得尊敬的 

be respectful to the aged 

18. pleasant, pleased, pleasing 

pleasant常用作定語，

pleased, pleasing常用作表語，

pleased主語常為人，

pleasing主語常為物 

a pleasant trip The trip is pleasing. 

19. close, closely 

close接近，靠近，

closely緊緊地，緊密地 

closely connected, 

stand close 

20. ill, sick 

ill做表語，

sick定，表均可 a sick boy