Friday, 19 August 2016

Homonyms - Scare (As a Noun and Verb)



1.   (verb) – to make someone feel frightened.
Ø     She’s a strong and brave woman. It’s no wonder she doesn’t scare easily.
Ø     Speaking in front of a big crowd scares me to death (= makes me really nervous and worried).

2.   (noun) – a feeling of fear or worry.
Ø     I got/had a scare (= I was really worried) when I saw the credit card statement this morning.
Ø     Daniel gave us such a scare (= frightened us) when he suddenly collapsed in the office.

3.   (noun) – an incident when a subject receives a lot of public attention.
Ø     Security at the airport has been really tight following news of the bomb scare.
  


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