Idx | 1402 |
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Keyword | imitate |
Type of Sentence | ✗ |
Error Sentence | I think I shall imitate my friend and join the club too. |
Correct Sentence | I think I shall copy my friend and join the club too. |
Cloze Error Sentence | I think I shall [[imitate]] my friend and join the club too. |
Cloze Sentence | I think I shall [[copy]] my friend and join the club too. |
Cloze Answer | copy |
Choices | imitate | copy |
Explanation | imitate = do something in exactly the same way that someone else does it: 'Have you heard him trying to imitate an Englishman speaking French?' 'He walks as if he is trying to imitate Donald Duck.' copy = do the same thing as someone else: 'As soon as I began cycling to work, people started copying me.' 'His little sister wants to copy him all the time.' |
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