Many languages use one word where English uses two. So learners often pick the wrong half: "Can you borrow me a pen?", "I'm boring," or "I'm going!" when someone calls you to dinner. Today you learn the pairs that cause the most trouble at home, a quick test for each one, and the natural version to use. In this episode: • Direction pairs: borrow or lend, bring or take, come or go • Senses: hear or listen, see, look or watch • Memory and knowledge pairs • Waiting, feelings and fun • Invented scene: saturday morning • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: borrow — take something for a short time lend — give something for a short time Can I borrow your charger? — I take it (neutral) Can you lend me five dollars? — you give it (neutral) bring — carry something to where you or the listener are take — carry something to another place Bring your plate to the kitchen. — to here Take the trash out. — to there come — move toward the listener go — move away, to another place Mom: Dinner's ready! Kid: I'm coming! — moving toward Mom hear — sound reaches your ears; no effort listen — pay attention to a sound on purpose, as in Listen to this song. Did you hear that noise? — it just happened see — your eyes notice something; no effort look — turn your eyes on purpose, often at something still watch — look for a while at something that moves or changes lose — not be able to find something miss — not catch a bus or an event, or feel sad someone is away I lost my keys. — I can't find them I missed the bus. — it left without me I miss Grandma. — I feel sad she is far away Season 2 · Real American English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — accent, everyday grammar, prepositions, articles, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.