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hongyu · #1 03-Apr-2006, 05:12

I am a Vietnamese student of English. My friend and I want to do a research about English synonyms. We need to know 500 common synonyms that students find difficult in using correctly. So please help us to find out some.

**Tdol** · #2 04-Apr-2006, 02:27

I'm not exactly sure what you're after- do you want words that can easily be confused, like affect/effect, or collocations, like broad/wide?

hongyu · #3 10-Apr-2006, 05:44

Actually, I want know some synonyms that are easily confused such as solve/deal with, can/be able to...

**Tdol** · #4 11-Apr-2006, 04:12

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0200807.html