False Friends III – linguicious

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Don’t sir me.
We eat what we can and what we can’t we can.
The cat jumped into the well.
The park closes at dusk.
How often does the bus run?
There was nobody in the car, but the engine was running.
They don’t have running water in the house.
The fire is going out.
We were talking about you the other day.
I will be back in ten minutes.
His back hurts and he has to go to the surgery at 10.30 tomorrow to see his GP.
They can stand on their back legs.
The fashion designer begins his day with an iced coffee and a hot bath.
She baked the cake and iced it.
His cavalier attitude towards women is abominable.
The session ran well into the afternoon.
Mr Smith had an iron will and learned to walk again.
Without the will to win, the team won’t go far.
I really should make a will, just in case something happens.
Ed’s father didn’t leave him anything in his will.
The higher the temperature, the higher the pressure.
The more, the merrier.
They want to start a family soon.
She works for a well-known magazine.
Tom ordered a cheese sandwich.
I’m taking a course in graphic design.
She illustrated her talk with a graphic showing state population growth.
The report offered many graphic details about the devastating earthquake that rocked the area.
He insisted on describing his operation in graphic detail while we were eating lunch.
The printers refused to print it, blaming the graphic language and controversial subject matter as a reason.
This is a detailed inventory of all the jobs to be done.
The inventory showed that the store was overstocked.
They’re likely to hold big fire sales to liquidate their inventory.
A four-page copy of the report, which has been redacted for public release, is posted on the inspector general’s web site.
Scientists, of course, can be expected to be impartial and disinterested.
As an outside observer, I had a neutral but not disinterested role.
She was completely uninterested in her sister’s career.
It turned out that there was so much more to her than a suit. Not only does she run the whole business, but she is going to climb Everest.
I can’t make it in ten minutes.
The clock is five minutes behind.
He agreed to circulate the minutes to everyone present at the meeting.
I’ve just received a minute from Clark authorizing the purchase of six more computers.
She examined the contract in minute detail.
It is part of her job to set the agenda for board meetings and take the minutes.
Economic reform is high on the agenda.
Maybe the organisers have a hidden agenda?
I’ll be back in an instant.
He spooned instant coffee into two of the mugs.
She felt an instant rapport between them.
Training is the jewel in the crown – the most important aspect of dog husbandry.
He passed the exam with ease.
Massage helps ease the pain.
The soldiers come to attention when an officer enters the room and stand at ease when the officer allows it.
She was late again and was dismissed from her job.
Mr Wakeham dismissed the reports as speculation.
I wouldn’t dismiss it out of hand.
The general quickly dismissed the troops.
I was busy doing housework when the doorbell rang.
A lonely child sometimes creates an imaginary friend to play with.
The Equator is just an imaginary line.
He was more imaginative than most history teachers.
They suggested some very imaginative ways of reducing costs.
21 Things You’ll Always Long For
Don’t worry. Tom won’t be long.
I think Jody’s in her late twenties.
She hasn’t been looking too well lately.
She gave her late husband’s clothes to charity.
They met secretly in the conservatory.
There were a lot of exotic plants in the conservatory.
Part-time Sales Assistant wanted. Responsibilities: Working on shop floor selling books to the public.
You can tell when the Queen is in the castle because they fly the Royal Standard instead of the Union Jack.
The duty on petrol has been raised.
He walked through customs.
His grandmother lives in the country.
Unlike acid rain or deforestation, global warming has no visible manifestation.
The demonstrations were a manifestation of the people’s discontent.
They held a rally outside the town hall.
She spread marmalade on her toast.
It seems to me his favourite occupation is eating.
The new homes will be ready for occupation in August.
The protesters voted to continue their occupation of the building.
Please give your name, address, and occupation.
The Prime Minister was quick to claim the credit for abolishing the tax.
He is credited with painting one hundred and twenty-five canvases.
His name wasn’t mentioned in the closing credits.
He is a credit to our school.
He traversed the desert alone.
Rats will desert the ship.
She is an honorable person who would never desert her principles.
This is the thinking behind the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires that theatres to become accessible to deaf people.
The location of the theatre interpreter (sign language theatre interpreter) is generally in one of three places: stage right, stage left, or the floor of the house.
Placement strategies can be categorized into three styles: ‘placed’, where interpreters are located outside the acting space and do not move; ‘zoned’, where interpreters are within the acting space, but usually move only during a change of scene or act; and, finally, ‘shadowed’, where interpreters move freely within the acting space, shadowing the movement of the actors for whom they are interpreting. The ‘zoned’ style of interpreter placement is a happy medium between the ‘placed’ and ‘shadowed’ styles.
Producers nowadays think of interpreters for the deaf as a new avenue to creativity.
The participants will have four weeks to learn their lines.
Today’s helicopter parents simply don’t give their children enough credit.
For my money, you were by far the best actor in the play.
Dry wood makes a good blaze.
A spark set the woods on fire.
Don’t whistle until you are out of the wood.
Despite its very low fat content, it is deliciously creamy.
Content is better than riches.
He drinks to his heart’s content.
Have you insured the contents of your home?
He tipped the contents of the bag onto the table.
The program automatically creates a table of contents.
I did know the answer.
If that was the best Morgan could throw at her, she was going to come out of this with flying colours.
Her new line of summer dresses were featured in a spread in Good Look.
No sooner was the funeral over than Mrs. Brown arrived.
Where is the Lost and Found?
This settlement was founded in 1592.
His fear turned out to be well founded.
The van braked but it hit another car.
Homemade salad dressing is simple to make and comes together in minutes.
The ball bounced off the post and into the goal.
You know how impossible it is for a young girl to avoid being attached to a young handsome man whose address is agreeable to her.
His work primarily involved dressings and bloodletting.
As a consultant physician I work a basic 48- hour week.
Could you give me the receipt, please?
Could you give me the recipe, please?
Both countries called for the peaceful resolution of the border dispute.
Diplomats are hoping for a speedy resolution to the crisis.
Make a resolution to go to the gym once a week.
She tried to use a sympathetic tone of voice.
Jill was a sympathetic listener.
Take/bring/fetch the child.
The incident affected the ultimate outcome of the war.
Ultimately, he’ll have to decide.
You might as well take your father’s car – there’s no point in having it sit there unused in the garage.
Firefighters battled to control a blaze at a disused warehouse.
Because of security implications the officers were tried in secret.
He’s been trying my patience all morning with his constant questions.
He wrote two hundred thousand in figures.
He promised himself that he would cow his enemies.
They will dog the opposition until they win.
We need to squirrel away some money.
I told you not to monkey around.
You are a nuisance; please, don’t badger me.
He used to rat on his friends.
She had to crane her neck to see over the crowd.
Stop aping me, will you!
Up to 20 years ago, employees in England used to get their tea served by a tea lady, who brought the beverage round on a trolley.
She can’t speak for delight when she finds a new flower – she must pet it and talk to it.
If only she could keep still for a couple of minutes at a time.
Constant dropping wears the stone.
A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled.
The boy ducked away from a stone.
She has lost a stone.
Don’t think that learning Dutch will be a breeze.
I was afraid of having to tell my wife about what had happened, so I went to the pub to get some Dutch courage.
The Great Wall consists of a number of walls.
My cat was sick in the car.
Cheese with live bacteria is quite expenisve.
33 % of the reef system is off limits to visitors.
They bought a villa in the South of France.
It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
Words are but wind.
Wind up your watch every day.
He gauged the wind at over thirty knots.
It’s dark, but you can just make her out as she walks towards a grand, winding staircase and begins to climb.
Meanwhile, the felling and burning of tile Amazonian rain forest had also become a major story.
Work has already begun on felling alien species on the 750-hectare Glenmore reserve.
The public houses were just closing.
He reached into his windbreaker and pulled out a piece of paper.
Nature is anything but simple.
He is a voluble man, with a fetching smile which disappears for days on end when the pressure is on.
Seen from this angle the woman in the picture is smiling.
They had been discussing the problem from every conceivable angle.
The lake is in a dreadful condition. There are no big fish left to angle for.
Ralph had begun to angle for an invitation.
She stood well back from the cages.
North Korea was the last communist country of its kind, save perhaps Cuba.
He would easily have been the world’s most terrifying human had he but been human.
The information gets stolen without anyone being the wiser.
You will have to find someone who is ready to part with insider knowledge.
A passport that is out of date is invalid.
Please advise us of the date.
The exact date of the event has escaped me.
This custom dates from the nineteenth century.
These dates are only provisional.
I’m not very strong on dates.
This dress most definitely dates her.
We decorated the house on a tight budget.
The king decorated his official for ability.
Keep the receipt. It is your proof of purchase.
When one buys something on hire purchase, one has to pay out each month.
Expert flattery may purchase an honest man.
I got a purchase on the rope and pulled.
I have no purchase.
I lost my purchase and fell down.
Their faith in rigid career paths was well-founded while a job for life is not in today’s teenager’s vocabulary.
I had no option but to pretend ignorance.
I pretend that things are really okay when they’re not.
The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music.
The government abandoned any pretence of reform.
She made absolutely no pretence of being interested.
I soon realized my mistake.
This victory is the realization of our dreams.
Then came the sudden realization that he was in love with her.
Senior vice presidents report directly to the chief executive officer.
Two uniformed officers arrived on the scene quickly.
We elect the club’s officers at the first meeting of each year.
The prime minister has spent the day canvassing in Doncaster.
He has a closet full of designer suits.
His brother is a closet smoker.
He was closeted with the king.
She kept putting off the date.
Only a specialist can date those rocks.
“Don’t worry. The police will eventually catch him.” “I know they will. But eventually is a very long time.”
Although she had been ill for a long time, it still came as a shock when she eventually died.
Her parents eventually relented and let her go to the party.
Work has begun on the construction of the new faculty building.
How can faculty improve their teaching so as to encourage creativity?
Even though she is 102, she still has all of her faculties.
She has a faculty for inspiring confidence in people.
Has he ever worked hard? – He hardly ever works.
The government is promising a formal investigation.
We intend to make a formal written complaint.
When we first met, he was a little stiff and formal.
She’s got a lot of experience but no formal qualifications.
Don’t be too familiar with the customers.
His voice sounded familiar.
People are more relaxed in familiar surroundings.
He is not familiar with the customs of the country.
The medical council disqualified him for infamous misconduct.
Since it was raining, the kids had recess in the gymnasium.
The kitchen had a homely atmosphere.
Mrs Jones was a pleasant, homely person with a ready smile.
Brad was a serious boy, very ordinary-looking but not downright homely.
Pierce lost to the eventual winner of the tournament.
It is impossible to predict the eventual outcome of the negotiations.
The eventual design was a great improvement on the one we originally considered.
His mistakes led to his eventual dismissal.
Murphy remains the most highly decorated soldier in U.S. history.
Your help made a big difference.
It may not matter to you, but it makes a world of difference to me.
She says that she got into politics because she wanted to make a difference.
I could never tell the difference between him and his younger brother.
She found the business world very different from academia.
The meeting was chaired by a leading Japanese academic.
It was only with the revolutionary party that he was in full accord.
The opening chords of the Symphony were magnificent.
The actual situation was quite different.
The actual number of people killed is not yet known.
We don’t know her actual date of birth.
The play is based on actual events.
His parents sometimes box his ears.
Sir Henry can’t be very long now.
A cold buffet was laid out on the sideboard.
The site can be buffeted by strong, persistent and unpredictable winds.
It looks like Jamie has left for good this time.
He was an untiring advocate of economic reform.
Voters supported candidates who advocated an Assembly.
He advocates the return of capital punishment.
I hadn’t seen him for 25 years. Still, I recognized him immediately when I saw him.
Even though she doesn’t really have the time, she still offered to help.
Her quiet words stilled the animal.
His father is a famous collector of Dutch and Flemish still lifes.
Still waters run deep.
Still more snow fell overnight.
He has yet to learn.
He loves tea as well as coffee.
She has invited Jill as well as Kate.
I might as well have a look.
She sounds alternately confused and confident.
His brother is an aspirant politician.
The aspirant actress worked as a waitress to pay her bills.
The library is open to the public.
The river burst its bank.
Nurses had to pull his arm to put the bone back in place.
They quickly put a range of safety measures in place.
The measures reduced the rate of illness and death by a factor of five.
We drew lots of blanks, went up endless blind alleys.
The people in the park panicked and ran away as they didn’t know he was using blanks.
His expression is so deadpan, I can’t help laughing.
So when she started telling me that I should become a writer, I could not help but laugh.
The new department head proved very difficult to manage.
Willows lined the bank of the stream.
Thousands of jobs are in jeopardy.
Since it was Monday, we had to get up quite early.
They had to leave, for it was well past midnight.
I told her to leave, for I was very tired.
If it wasn’t for the life jacket, I would have drowned.
I didn’t say anything for fear of offending him.
For all her qualifications, she’s still useless at the job.
“How many people should I invite to the party?” “It’s not really for me to say.”
She remained silent, for her heart was heavy and her spirits low.We’re going to break for lunch very shortly.
Police arrived at the scene shortly after midnight.
Excuse me a moment, I’ll be with you shortly.
In accordance with his practice of good husbandry, he never buys anything on credit.
He gave a lecture on crop and animal husbandry.
The Gherkin tower has flat diamond-shaped windows.
They used it to further their nascent careers.
The film lends itself for an experience full of adventure.
Maths is not my best subject.
I’ve said all there is to be said on the subject.
He was subject to bouts of manic depression.
The proposed merger is subject to the approval of the shareholders.
The legislation is applicable only to British subjects.
The city had been subjected to Macedonian rule.
The scheme is dependent on goodwill between the two sides.
The company’s assets are worth £200 million, plus goodwill.
He hid the money in the cabinet.
There is a built-in cabinet in the hallway.
You will find the aspiring in the medicine cabinet.
My room was a mess and my parents were cross.
We don’t have much room in our house.
The number of people who can speak English is nowhere near as high as it is for other languages.
Many of Dickens’s characters are grotesque.
Runes are characters in the ancient Germanic script.
You ought to address your questions to the chair.
He is the best chef this hotel has ever had.
We all joined in the chorus of the song.
Civil engineering is a difficult discipline.
He is a pilot in the civil aviation.
I know you don’t like Phil, but try to be civil.
As deputy he had no vote, and he naturally took little share in the debates, but it was part of his duty to send written reports of the proceedings to his patron, since the government, with a well-grounded fear of all that might stir popular feeling, refused to allow any published reports.
Diet varies between different countries in the world.
He kept the fast for a week.
The policy is less popular with builders because of the cost of clearing the land.
I’m not very popular with her.
He skinned his knees climbing down the tree.
We learned how to trap and skin a rabbit.
You’ll need four ripe tomatoes, skinned and chopped.
He expects me to save his hide every time he messes up.
The inventory of his personal effects didn’t contain any jewellery.
Sir Henry can’t be very long now.
It is illegal to harbour a fugitive.
The water came from a natural hot spring.
Cheaper mattresses have springs that link together.
He walked with a spring in his step, excited to meet her.
The boys were approaching rapidly, marching in step.
They set off along the beach in formation.
As they were sitting down, the circle became a horseshoe.
‘Let’s get going,’ my father cried, springing into action.
This boat will surely spring a leak.
He really enjoyed cross-country skiing.
I made her duck.
She spread the bread with socks.
She got the job after the town council advertised the vacancy last summer.
His frequent absence of mind gave him an air of vacancy and even of stupidity.
The company has advertised a vacancy.
The hotel has a number of vacancies if you are still looking for a room.
War does not determine who is right—only who is left.
At length, save for the occasional rustle, the hut was silent, and most of the boys were asleep.
The friars walk with the trousers visible under their well-cut habits.
They were just bystanders to the argument, and were not invested in which side won.
The crossing was long and he soon realized that he was prone to suffering from cabin fever. His friend, too, seemed to be going stir-crazy.
He went on to join the faculty of Boston uni.
Why learn anything save pressing buttons, pulling switches, fitting nuts and bolts?
We make the traveler’s lot a lot easier.
In 1448, Nicholas was appointed a cardinal. Cardinals were drawn from a variety of backgrounds, being appointed as cardinals in addition to their existing roles within the Church.
What do people use cardinal numbers for?
Respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law.
The city is built with its streets running between the cardinal points of the compass and crossing each other at right angles.
He committed the cardinal sin of criticizing his teammates.
We are seeing improvements but there needs to be a more concerted effort.
Mostly it spread organically and without any concerted effort to promote it.
However, this increase will not be achieved without a concerted effort mobilizing every available technology.
Getting rid of him was like having a boil lanced.
‘Tickets please!’ bawled the conductor.
Wood is a poor conductor of heat.
He became a world famous conductor.
The conductor beat time with a baton.
Smoking is a serious health hazard.
Long trailing flexes are a serious trip hazard.
I wouldn’t like to hazard a guess.
This drink doesn’t contain any alcohol.
Our products contain no artificial preservatives or colourings.
Doctors are struggling to contain the epidemic.
Please contain your enthusiasm for a moment.
Why she didn’t go to work…. – Oh, I don’t want to hear about her!
In their lexicon, boring is even worse than bad.
Long before Indian summer entered the English lexicon there were all sorts of other descriptions of a warm autumnal spell.
In the end, the entire population comes to share a lexicon.
The patient has the right to refuse treatment.
One cannot expect a refuse collector to effect a citizen’s arrest of someone throwing litter around.
The pension funds are administered by commercial banks.
The hedge funds play a crucial role here.
Owing to a lack of funds, the project will not continue next year.
I’m short of funds this month.
Members obediently answered the calls for funds.
As the principal of these funds is never to be paid, the real debt was slightly over $1,000,000.
The attitude of the courts is not that the railways should work without compensation, but that the compensation should not exceed a fair return on funds actually expended by the railway.
I find it is funded by corporations, do-gooders, trust funds, individuals, and off shore ghost entities… unfortunately, too many names to pursue each and every one.
As the name suggests, bond mutual funds invest in bonds and other debt securities.
I’m going to make this dairy a success if it kills me.
In the wake of its success, came more tears.
The downside of the success was unwanted publicity.
His look radiated success.
If I succeed, I want my powers back.
Your staff want your business to succeed as much as you do.
As he stepped past the generals in the crowded hut, feeling embarrassed as he always was by the sight of his superiors, he did not notice the staff of the banner and stumbled over it.
We’ll be down to a skeleton staff over Christmas.
Sadness and gladness succeed each other.
David is almost certain to succeed him as chairman on January 1.
The next turn found her on a narrow two lane highway that was a succession of curves.
She is now seventh in line of succession to the throne.
She often reads for two or three hours in succession, and then lays aside her book reluctantly.
They asked their questions in rapid succession.
From this point backwards the successive abdominal segments, as far as the seventh or eighth, can be readily made out.
Rising energy prices reflect higher global demand and the policy failures of successive governments to promote new generation capacity.
Half way down the coach was a vacant seat.
In every major city there are more vacant buildings than there are homeless people.
However, just behind the vacant expression he offered me, I detected fear.

Garden path sentences:

Fat people eat accumulates.
Mary gave the child the dog bit a band aid.
I convinced her children are noisy.
That Jill is never here hurts.
While Tom was washing the dishes fell on the floor.
The old man the boat.
The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families.
The horse raced past the barn fell.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. (Fruit flies like a banana; time flies like an arrow.)
If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired, with enthusiasm.
The prime number few.
She told me a little white lie will come back to haunt me.
The girl told the story cried.
The man who hunts ducks out on weekends.
Until the police arrest the drug dealers controlled the street.
The man pushed through the door fell.
I told the girl the cat scratched Bill would help her.
The cotton clothing is made of grows in Mississippi.
Because he always jogs a mile seems a short distance to him.
The man whistling tunes pianos.
The government plans to raise taxes were defeated.

Real newspaper headlines:

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Miners Refuse to Work After Death
Hospitals Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Red Tape Holds up New Bridge
Hershey Bars Protest
Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim
British Left Waffles on Falklands (key)
The average North American consumes more than 400 Africans