英语中有许许多多意思相同、相近的词汇和短语。在这些同义、近义词语中，哪些在意思和用法上完全相同，可以互换？哪些在意思和用法上差别较大，不能互换？哪些又是差别微妙，需要细加分辨的？哪些在某些场合可以互换，而在另外一些场合却又不能？哪些意思虽然相同，但所要求的句型结构或搭配关系却又不同？如此等等。

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1.about, on

2.about to do, not about to do

3.above, over

4.absolute, complete, thorough

5.accompany by, accompany with

6.according to, in accordance with

7.accustom to, acquaint with, familiarize/ise with, be/get/become acquainted with, be/get/become familiar with, be familiar to

8.ache, pain, pang, throe

9.achieve, accomplish, fulfill, complete

10.acknowledge, admit, confess, concede

11.across, over

12.across, through

13.actual， actually, real, really, in (actual) fact, in point of fact, as a matter of fact, in effect, for (all) practical purposes, in actuality, in reality, in (all) truth, virtual, virtually

14.adhere to, cleave to, cling onto, cling to, hold by, hold on to, hold to, insist, keep on, keep to, persevere, persist, stand by, stand on, stay with, stick by, stick to

15.admission, admittance

16.admit of, allow of, permit of

17.adorn with, bedeck with, deck with, decorate with, festoon with, ornament with

18.adventure, venture

19.affect, effect, influence

20.afraid, fear

21.after, afterwards, later

22.age, years, old, etc.

23.ago, before

24.agree, consent, assent, concur， go all the way with

25.aim to do, aim at doing

26.aint (going), aint gonna

27.all, all of

28.all, every

29.all, whole

30.all one to, all the same to

31.allow, permit, let

32.almost, nearly

33.along, beside, by

34.aloud, loudly, loud

35.already, all ready

36.also, as well, too, either

37.alternately, alternatively

38.although, though

39.altogether, all together

40.always, all ways

41.among, amidst, between

42.amount to, add up to, come to, bring to, reach, run into/to, run up to

43.and, or

44.another, the other

45.anyone, any one, anybody

46.anyway, any way

47.appliance, instrument, equipment, implement, device

48.arent I, aint I

49.argue about/over, bicker about/over, quarrel about/over, squabble about/over, wrangle about/over

50.arise, rise, raise

51.around, round, about

52.arouse, rouse

53.as, because, since, for

54.as, for

55.as, though, although

56.as, when, while

57.as...as, not as...as, not so...as

58.as from, as of

59.as if, as though

60.as/so long as, on condition that, provided that, providing that

61.as well as, not only...but also

62.ask, ask for, inquire/enquire

63.ask of, demand from, demand of, expect from/of, request from/of, require of

64.at all, in the least

65.at the cost of, at the expense of, at the price of, at the sacrifice of

66.attribute to, ascribe to, assign to, impute to, owe to, put down to, refer to,set down to

67.awake, awaken, wake (up), waken

68.awfully, terribly, frightfully, dreadfully, terrible, terrific

69.back of, at the back of, in back of, in the back of, on the back of

70.bare, bald, naked, nude

71.bath, bathe

72.be, be + being

73.be, do be

74.be gone, have gone

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