Idx | 0390 |
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Keyword | bathe |
Type of Sentence | ✗ |
Error Sentence | Most nights when I come home, I'm too tired to bathe. |
Correct Sentence | Most nights when I come home, I'm too tired to have a bath. |
Cloze Error Sentence | Most nights when I come home, I'm too tired to [[bathe]]. |
Cloze Sentence | Most nights when I come home, I'm too tired to [[have a bath]]. |
Cloze Answer | have a bath |
Choices | have a bath | bathe |
Explanation | In British English, bathe, have/go for a bathe and go bathing mean 'swim, play or just relax in the water' (NOT 'get clean in a bath'): 'It was the first time I'd bathed in the Red Sea.' Nowadays most people use swim, have/go for a swim or go swimming for this meaning. In American English, bathe means 'get clean in a bath'. |
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