1. feed, raise 

feed喂養，養活，飼養 (to give food to)， 

raise飼養，養育 (cause to grow, bring up children)

raise the family 

2. mean to do, mean doing 

mean to do打算，想要做某事，

mean doing意思是，意味著 

By this I mean giving the students more practice. 

3. a girl, one girl

a girl可泛指所有女孩, 

one girl一個女孩

Can one girl carry such a big box?

4. in place of, in the place of

in place of代替，

in the place of在…地方

A new building is built in the place of the old one.

5. in secret, in the secret

in secret秘密地，暗自地，偷偷地，一般用作狀語；

in the secret知道內情，知道秘密，一般用作表語 

My mother was in the secret from the beginning.

6. take a chair, take the chair

take a chair相當于sit down坐下，

take the chair開始開會

7. die from, die of 

die from表示死于（槍）傷，虛弱，過度勞累，飲食過度等，

die of表示死于疾病，饑餓，寒冷，年老，憂愁，失戀等精神因素

die of hunger and cold 

8. pay for, pay back, pay off 

pay for為…付錢，

pay back還錢，但不一定還清，

pay off還清 

9. arrive, get, reach 

arrive不及物動詞，后接in (大地點)，at(小地點)

get不及物動詞后接to，

reach及物動詞 

arrive in Beijing, 

get to Beijing, 

reach Beijing 

10. manage, try 

manage to do設法做成了某事，

try to do盡力去做某事但不一定成功 

He tried to pass the exam, but he failed. 

11. be familiar to, be familiar with 

be familiar to某物對某人來說是熟悉的，

The book is familiar to me.

be familiar with某人熟悉某物 

I'm familiar with the book. 

12. agree with, agree to, agree on 

agree with同意某人，

agree to同意某事，

agree on在…上達成一致意見，

主語是復數 

agree with you, 

agree to the plan 

13. receive, accept 

receive收到某一東西，但不一定接受，

accept接受 

I received a gift, but I didn't accept it. 

14. wear, put on, dress 

wear和dress表狀態,

wear接衣服等,可用進行時，

dress接人,be dressed in, 

put on表動作 It's cold outside. 

Put on your warm clothes. 

15. listen, hear 

listen強調動作，hear強調結果 

I listened, but I heard nothing. 

16. look, see, watch 

look看的動作，

see看的結果，

watch強調所看物體的變化、移動和發展

watch TV 

17. lie, lay 

lie躺，位于(lay, lain),

說謊(lied, lied)，

lay平放(laid, laid) 

lay the book 

18. hurt, injure, wound 

hurt感情上受傷，

injure事故中受傷，

wound戰爭中受傷 

He was wounded in the war. 

19. turn, get, grow 

turn表突變，后常接表顏色的詞，

get強調變的結果，

grow強調過程，逐漸的變化 

turn yellow, get tired, grow big 

20. happen, take place 

happen偶然性的沒有預料到的事情的發生，

take place必然性的發生 

Great changes have taken place in my hometown.