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Achieve Accomplish World Unity Peace Manage Achieved Complete

Idx 0040
Keyword accomplish
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence To accomplish world unity, we need peace.
Correct Sentence To achieve world unity, we need peace.
Cloze Error Sentence To [[accomplish]] world unity, we need peace.
Cloze Sentence To [[achieve]] world unity, we need peace.
Cloze Answer achieve
Choices achieve | accomplish
Explanation

When you accomplish something, you manage to do it or complete it, especially something that gives you satisfaction: 'She felt that she could accomplish more through journalism.' 'During his five years as President, he accomplished very little.'

When you achieve something, you manage to do or obtain what you have planned to do or obtain, especially after a lot of effort: 'The company intends to achieve all these goals within the next five years.' 'By the age of twenty, she had already achieved her ambition.'

Note that achieve is also used to mean 'accomplish': 'By the end of the course, you will feel that you've really achieved something.'

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