manage& try
try表主观努力但不一定成功。 try to do sth.设法做某事，
try doing sth.尝试着做某事；
manage to do sth. = succeed (in) doing sth.
【谐音记忆】踹（ try）了，管它成功与否。
【牛刀小试】（请选择本组辨析合适单词或短语填入下面空白）
— Can I help you with it?
— I appreciate your offer, but I can_______ it myself.
答案： manage
matter& affair
麻烦或要紧事用 matter； affair常用复数形式，意为“事务”。
【牛刀小试】（请选择本组辨析合适单词或短语填入下面空白）
I can’ t say which wine is best– it’s a (n)_____ of personal taste.
答案： matter
maybe& may be
【顺口溜】分写为动合为副。
【牛刀小试】（请选择本组辨析合适单词或短语填入下面空白）
Please remind me when he said he was going. I_______ in time to see him off.
答案： may be
meet& meet with
事先预约用 meet。偶然遇到用 meet with。
【牛刀小试】（请选择本组辨析合适单词或短语填入下面空白）
She had no idea how it came about that her husband_____ trouble again.
答案： met with
method, way& means
means（手段不分好坏）和 method（科学系统的方法）通常都搭配介词 by，而 way则搭配介词 in。
【牛刀小试】（请选择本组辨析合适单词或短语填入下面空白）
The director will by no_______ turn the actress away because of all she is considered the most qualified for the role．
答案： means
much too& too much
【顺口溜】 much too等于 too既接形容（词）又接副（词）。
【一言辫异】 I had too much work to do and got there much too late
【牛刀小试】（请选择本组辨析合适单词或短语填入下面空白）
It’s high time you had your hair cut; it’s getting_______ long.
答案： much too
no& not
no是形容词修饰名词， not是副词修饰动词、副词、介词短语。
【一言辫异】 You can not see the movie, because there is no ticket left.
As far as I know, there is no such person as you mentioned just now.
noise, sound& voice
自然声音是 sound，恼人噪音为 noise，人语嗓音用 voice。
【牛刀小试】（请选择本组辨析合适单词或短语填入下面空白）
Stop making so much_______ or else my neighbour will start complaining.
答案： noise
officer& official
“军官,警官” officer,政府“官员” official。
【牛刀小试】（请选择本组辨析合适单词或短语填入下面空白）
Anyone in this company, whether he is an_______ or a bus driver, should be equally respected.
答案： official
ordinary, common, usual& general
平凡不出众的 ordinary；常见的 common；通常的 usual；笼统的 general。
【牛刀小试】（请选择本组辨析合适单词或短语填入下面空白）
Though Mark wasn’ t well educated， his_______ sense guided him through a life．
答案： common
Most of the co-workers think him superior to manager though he is an______ employee.
答案： ordinary
