TOEFL STUDY GUIDE

PART 2

LISTENING COMPREHENSION Conversational English Tip 30
Homonyms are like sound-alikes; Keep this list to review now and
again.
new: not used
"I bought this new book today".
knew: past tense of "know"
"I knew you bought that book".
flour: ingredient in baking
"I need two cups of flour for the cake".
flower: daisy, tulip, rose
"I love to grow flowers in my garden".
sew: use a needle and thread
"I need to sew the hem on this skirt."
so: who cares?
"So what? I don't have a skirt".
won: defeated an opponent
"We won the game by 2 to 1."
one: the number 1, or alone
"One at a time, that's how you do it".
plain: simple, unadorned
"This dress is too plain -- ther are no designs on it."
plane: airplane, for flying
"We flew in that new plane."
sea: ocean

"I read the whole book".
by: near
"I go by the baker's on my way home."
buy: to purchase
"I will buy bread on my way home."
sail: on a boat
"The sail flapped in the breeze".
sale: a discount, bragain
"I bought this on sale and saved a lot of money".
sense: as in common sense
"That makes good sense."
cents: pennies, money
"It cost me twenty cents to take the subway."
reflex: unconscious movement
"My leg jerked in reflex to the pain".
reflects: casts back an image
"The water reflects the moon when it is full".
soul: spirit
"The Buddhists believe the soul is reincarnated".
sole: only
"He was the sole heir to the fortune".
son: male child
"My son is called after his father".
sun: the earth revolves around it
"The sun is hot today!"
I: me, myself
"I bought a new dress".
eye: what you see with
"I have something in my eye and it hurts".
banned: not allowed