She stuck a leek in the hole to stop the leak
leak, leek
leak means water is escaping through a hole
leek means a vegetable like an onion
lean, lien
lean means muscle with very little fat
lien means a legal claim
leased, least
leased means rental for an agreed upon number of months
least means the smallest amount of something
Being tired, he lay down after receiving a lei
lain, lane
lain means situated
lane means a division of a roadway
lay, lei
lay means to place something down
lei means a garland of flowers in Hawaii
leach, leech
leach means to remove a soluble matter from something
leech means a blood-sucker
Don’t you know what “no” means?
know, no
know means to have knowledge of something
no means a negative response to a question
knows, nose
knows means that someone has knowledge of something
nose means a prominent facial feature between the eyes
laid, lade
laid means the past tense of lay
lade means to weigh down
I won’t send a knight out on a night like this
knight, night
knight means a warrior
night means the dark time of a day
knit, nit
knit means to turn thread into fabric
nit means the egg of a louse
knot, not
knot means looping string to join it to another string
not is used to negate the meaning in a sentence
Their son smeared jam on the door jamb
jam, jamb
jam means jelly
jamb means the sides of a door frame
knap, nap
knap means to form a sharp edge in flint
nap means a short time of sleep
knead, kneed, need
knead means to work with dough
kneed means having a specific type of knee
need means to require
She had insight into his plan to incite them
insight, incite
insight means discernment
incite means to stir up or excite
instance, instants
instance means an occurrence
instants means moments
intense, intents
intense means extreme in degree
intents means purposes of things intended
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When you send an email, always include a subject.
Not doing so can cause a spam filter to consider your email spam.
Including a subject also helps the recipient organize their emails.
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Try to elicit information on his illicit behavior
idle, idol, idyll
idle means doing nothing
idol means a graven image believed to convey spiritual power
idyll means a short pastoral poem
illicit, elicit
illicit means breaking social norms
elicit means to draw out information
in, inn
in means the opposite of out
inn means a place for lodging
This is our hour
holey, holy, wholly
holey means it has holes
holy means set apart
wholly means completely
hostel, hostile
hostel means a place of lodging
hostile means antagonistic
hour, our
hour means 60 minutes
our means it belongs to us
A gardener needs a hose and hoes
hoes, hose
hoes means implements to scratch the ground around plants
hose means a flexible tube to carry water
hold, holed
hold means to retain a grip on something
holed means the past tense of hole
hole, whole
hole means a cavity in a surface
whole means complete