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Are these verbs used correctly? Assume I don't assume, when the world overcomes a coronavirus. I assume, that a daily practice is helpful for my English. Offend Your words offended me. A child is offended, because a boy grabs his toy. Astonish I was astonished his kindness. This beautiful building astonishes everyone. Embarrass This noise embarrasses for me listen to radio. Don't embarrass me, please. I am writing a text. Thank you)

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Are these verbs used correctly?

Assume

I don't assume, when the world overcomes a coronavirus. (Something isn't right, but I'm not sure what is meant. Possibly "I don't assume that the world can overcome coronavirus." But even then, "believe" seems more appropriate than "assume". Or - sorry to introduce this other word, which complicates things - maybe "presume" is the word you need : " I don't presume to know when the world will overcome the coronavirus." I'm no expert, but it feels like the word "assume" is not usually used in the negative, except when telling someone else NOT to assume: "You should take a lunch. Don't assume you can find a place to eat when you get there.")

I assume that daily practice is helpful for my English. (Good, with minor corrections)

Offend

Your words offended me. (Good)

A child is offended, because a boy grabs his toy. (Good, strictly speaking, but it sounds a little odd. Perhaps it's because we don't usually attribute a complex feeling like being offended to a child - they would more likely be described as angry or upset.)

Astonish

I was astonished by his kindness. (good, with addition of preposition 'by')

This beautiful building astonishes everyone. (good)

Embarrass

This noise embarrasses for me listen to radio. (Sorry, I can't make sense of this sentence. Possibly the idea is that someone is embarrassed to listen to music they like on the radio in public, because they think others will lose respect for them? And they are calling the music they like "noise" because that is what they imagine other people would think it is? So: "It's embarrassing for me to listen to this noise on the radio.")

Don't embarrass me, please. I am writing a text. (Possibly all right. Nothing grammatically wrong. But it seems hard to imagine the situation. "Don't interrupt me, please" because I'm busy writing a text is easily understood. But what would be embarrassing for the person writing the text here? I could come up with a situation where these sentences would make sense. I suppose if two people were in a restaurant, and one, in a loud and angry voice, repeatedly asked the other person "What are you doing?" in a way that embarrassed the other person - that is to say, it made that other person feel awkward, uncomfortable, self-conscious, because everyone else in the restaurant was seeing them getting yelled at - then, yes, they could say to the person yelling at them "Don't embarrass me" and also answer their question by saying "I'm writing a text", in the hopes that that will get them to stop yelling "What are you doing?")

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