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Confusing words: Brush, rinse, scrub, sweep or wipe?



 
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Confusing words: Brush, rinse, scrub, sweep or wipe? #1 (permalink) Sat Nov 01, 2008 13:41 pm   Confusing words: Brush, rinse, scrub, sweep or wipe?
 

Hello,Could you help me with these confusing words?
Brush, rinse,scrub,sweep or wipe?
1-After I have washed the clothes, I must (rinse) them to get the soap out, then hang them up to dry.
2- Your jacket needs ( to wipe.Your have some chalk on it.
3- I have swipped the floors, Mum, but there's this stain here on the carpet.
-Well, you'll have to get down on your hand and knees with soap and water and scrub it till it comes out.
4-I feel better now, she said, wipe the tears from her eyes.
5-Brush your hair before you go out.
6-I've washed up, and rinse the cups and saicers.Would you like to sweap them and put them away, or shall I leave them on the driningboard to dry?

File, queue, or row?
7-People waiting to go into a cinema:Queue
8-Beds in a hospital: Rows
9-People walking behind one another, one by one in single: File.
10-Shops or houses side by side: Row.
11-Seats in a theatre: Row.

Murmur, mutter , whisper.
12-A person speaking so that only one person can hear: Whisper.
13-A person grumbling in a low voice to himself: mutter.
14-A person speaking quietly so as not to disturb others:murmur.
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Confusing words: Brush, rinse, scrub, sweep or wipe? #2 (permalink) Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:32 am   Confusing words: Brush, rinse, scrub, sweep or wipe?
 

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I have already gone through this once for you, Miss Ahdinos.
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