Grammar: Funny misunderstandings in English

hungry

feeling that you want to eat food (голодний)

angry

feeling mad or upset about something (сердитий, злий)

sheet

a large piece of cloth used on a bed; a piece of paper (простирадло; аркуш)

beach

an area of sand or stones next to the sea, lake, or river (пляж)

chips

thin slices of potato cooked in oil and eaten as a snack (чипси)

ships

large boats that travel on water (кораблі)

dessert

sweet food eaten at the end of a meal (десерт)

desert

a very dry area with little rain and few plants (пустеля)

bored

feeling tired because something is not interesting (той, хто нудьгує)

boring

not interesting; making people feel bored (нудний)

interested

wanting to know more about something (зацікавлений)

interesting

making people want to know more (цікавий)

job

the work that a person does regularly to earn money (робота, посада)

work

activity that you do as part of your job or duties (робота, праця)

actually

in fact; really (насправді)

currently

at the present time; now (зараз, на даний момент)

sympathetic

showing understanding and care for someone's problems( співчутливий)

nice

pleasant, kind, friendly (милий, приємний)

librarian

a person who works in a library (бібліотекар)

library

a place where people borrow or read books (бібліотека)

parents

your mother and father (батьки)

relatives

members of your family, such as cousins, aunts, and uncles (родичі)

sensible

practical and showing good judgment (розсудливий)

sensitive

easily affected physically or emotionally (чутливий)

misunderstanding

a situation where people understand something incorrectly (непорозуміння)

confuse

to make someone unable to understand clearly (плутати, заплутувати)

mistake

something incorrect that you do or say (помилка)

pronunciation

the way a word is spoken (вимова)

meaning

the idea or message that a word expresses (значення)

embarrassing

making you feel ashamed or uncomfortable (незручний, бентежний)

correct

free from mistakes (правильний)

wrong

not correct (неправильний)

similar

almost the same (схожий)

sound alike

to have a similar pronunciation (звучати схоже)

native speaker

a person who learned a language from birth (носій мови)

slip of the tongue

a small speaking mistake when you say the wrong word (обмовка)