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When do you play tennis?Emre plays tennis.Who plays tennis?She played tennis.Did she play tennis?Who played tennis?What happened?

Over time & overtime:  The academic staff worked overtime.overtime pay. Raptors won the title by defeating Celtics in overtime.As I got to know him over time, I slowly fell in love with him.gradually

countable-uncountable. Yesterday after dinner I listened to some music. Show him some respect. There's some rice on the table. I’ve seen some good movies recently.Some kids learn quickly. He owes me some thirty pounds. Some think he is dead.

She sat beside him during dinner. These problems seem unimportant beside the potential benefits of the new system. They serve pasta and many other foods besides. I'm not ready to get married yet. Besides, I enjoy living alone. He writes novels and poems, besides working as a journalist. Besides being good company, he was always ready to try anything.

Anything-nothing Anybody-nobody

Accept-except I accept your invitation. Scientists have accepted the new theory. preposition, conjunction. Everyone except me. They didn't open their mouths except to complain. An admission fee is charged, but children are excepted.

both-neither-either. Both rackets are good. Neither racket is expensive. We can buy either racket. both ... and neither...nor either...or Both Nadal and Federer were late. I was both tired and hungry when I got home.  Neither Nadal nor Federer were late. I was neither tired nor hungry when I got home.  Either Nadal or Federer was late, I don't know.  He was either tired or hungry, hence his anger. Do you want to drink the Carlsberg or Heineken?

altogether all together They were all together at the party. all at once. It is altogether acceptable to come without a gift. There were altogether twenty people at the dinner.

marry, get married, be married. I'm married. Participle. I've been married for five years.

How many novels did Yaşar Kemal write? How many novels has Orhan Pamuk written? Before Orhan Pamuk left writing, how many novels had he written?

conscience-conscious Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;   Conscious. She was conscious of the stranger standing close to her. He made a conscious effort to speak more clearly.   Self-conscious. Not to be confused with. 

affect-effect His protest had no effect. cause and affect.put into affect. to the effect that. Inflation affects the buying power of the lira.  He affected a British accent. The president affected a knowledge of economics. Not to be confused with!

slow-slower big-bigger great-greater hot-hotter easy-easier heavy-heavier the most expensive-cheapest fun,right, wrong, real more dark I did play

Just.   This is just the start (that) Nadal has sought. Reduction, Reduced Relative Clauses. This is just the start that Nadal has sought. by a small margin; barely:  He just got there in time.  exactly; precisely: that's just what I mean.  

Should You look tired. You should go to bed. The government should do more to reduce unemployment. You look tired. You must have a rest. I think, Do you think veya I don't think. She has been studying hard, she should pass her exam. RJ Barrett Jr. should have another big game against the Raptors

Fall in love/out of love with someone. I fell in love with her. fall into error/trap/trouble/sin. fall ill. I got into the room. I got out of the room.

have something done. Yesterday I had my hair cut. They had all their money stolen while they were walking around Sultanahmet. He had his nose broken in a fight. Djokovic has had his visa cancelled.

see, hear, smell, taste transitive vs intransitive

*Would Would you mind turning your music down a little? Would you mind opening the door? would prefer, would rather Would you mind if I opened the window? Would you mind if I didn't go out with you tonight? Past Tense-Present

*need Infinitive-Gerund Medvedev needs to improve his volleys. My jacket needs cleaning. My jacket needs to be cleaned.  These chairs need repairing. This is a very hard problem. It needs thinking.

crowd & crowded. The play drew a small but appreciative crowd. The children crowded around the TV. a crowded bus. This place is very crowded.  -ed, tired, bored. 

*already, still, yet, just, ever, never. I wasn't hungry. I had just had lunch. He had already left when I got to the court.

I love you very much. I love you so much. I love you so much that I can do anything you want. I love you too much. fairly, quite, rather, pretty