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Admired Talk Lively Interesting Admire Enjoyed Enjoy Means

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Keyword admire
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Everybody admired your talk because it was lively and interesting.
Correct Sentence Everybody enjoyed your talk because it was lively and interesting.
Cloze Error Sentence Everybody [[admired]] your talk because it was lively and interesting.
Cloze Sentence Everybody [[enjoyed]] your talk because it was lively and interesting.
Cloze Answer enjoyed
Choices admired | enjoyed
Explanation

Do not use admire when you mean 'enjoy'. Admire means 'have a very high opinion of someone': 'I've always admired people who think for themselves.' 'Lewis was probably best known and admired for his work on medieval literature.'

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