Vocabulary Building (Mr Phuoc)

1. Regard

* call

* find

* consider

* see

* view

These words all mean to think about somebody/​something in a particular way.

regard to think of somebody/​something in a particular way:

He seemed to regard the whole thing as a joke.

call to say that somebody/​something has particular qualities or characteristics:

I wouldn’t call German an easy language.

find to have a particular feeling or opinion about something:

You may find your illness hard to accept.

consider to think of somebody/​something in a particular way:

Who do you consider (to be) responsible for the accident?

2. Sure

* confident

* convinced

* certain

* positive

* clear

These words all describe somebody who knows without doubt that something is true or will happen.

sure [not before noun] without any doubt that you are right, that something is true, that you will get something or that something will happen:

‘Is that John over there?’ ‘I’m not sure.’

Are you sure about that?

England must win this game to be sure of qualifying.

Sure is often used in negative statements and questions, because there is some doubt or worry over the matter. If there is no doubt, people often say quite sure: I’m quite sure (that) I left my bag here (= I have no doubt about it).

confident completely sure that something will happen in the way that you want or expect:

I’m quite confident that you’ll get the job.

The team feels confident of winning.

3. Difficult

Some synonyms can be used in various contexts instead of ‘difficult”

grueling

demanding

taxing

hard

challenging

These words describe something that needs a lot of effort or skill to do.

EX:

The questions were difficult.

It is hard for inexperienced people to find jobs in this city.

She always finds languages challenging.