Homonyms

Compose sentences to prove that each of these words has at least two quite different meanings.

Grouse in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Introduction

Each of the words below has more than one possible meaning. Compose your own sentences to show what those different meanings are.

1. Toast. 2. Watch. 3. Even. 4. Import. 5. Stall. 6. Bear.

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For each word above, choose one or more suitable meanings from this list.

1. Observe. 2. The overall message of something. 3. Grilled bread. 4. Timer. 5. (Of a car engine) stop unexpectedly. 6. Endure. 7. ‘The first watch’, the first period of guard duty; ‘Not on my watch!’ (not while I’m responsible for it). 8. In the extreme case. 9. Bring into the country. 10. Not odd. 11. Grizzly or polar. 12. A berth for e.g. horse, donkey or cow. 13. Salute with a drink. 14. Delay, hold up. 15. Table in a market. 16. Carry. 17. Flat and smooth.

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