air - heir (воздух/проветрить - наследник): fresh air; the heir to the throne
band - band (отряд/группа - завязка): a rock band; a rubber band
bank - bank (насыпь/берег - банк): the bank of the river; the bank of England
bare - bear - bear (голый - нести/родить - медведь): with bare hands; bear in mind; а polar bear
bark - bark (лай/лаять - кора): the dog barked at me; the bark of a tree
bat - bat - bat (летучая мышь - бита - моргнуть): blind as a bat; a baseball bat; not to bat an eyelid
be - bee (быть - пчела): to be or not to be; to be as busy as a bee
beat - beet (бить - свекла): to beat the drums; beets and carrots
brake - break (тормоз - перерыв/ломать): car brakes; let's have a break; don't break it
buy - by - bye (покупать - около/у - пока!): to buy a car; to sit by the window; bye-bye
cell - sell (ячейка - продавать): a prison cell; my cell phone; to buy and sell
cent - scent (цент - запах): 100 cents in a dollar; a faint scent of roses
coarse - course (грубый - курс): coarse fabric; a course of lectures
complement - compliment (дополнение - комплимент): verb complement; give a compliment
creak - creek (скрип/скрипеть - ручей): the floor creaks; a narrow creek
cue - cue - queue (намек/подсказка - кий - очередь): give a cue; billiard cue; stand in a queue
desert - dessert (покидать - десерт): to desert the village; apple pie for dessert
die - dye (умереть - краситель/окрашивать): he died two years ago; she dyed her hair red
earn - urn (зарабатывать - урна): to earn money; to earn respect; cremation urn
flea - flee (блоха - спасаться бегством): a flea market; to flee the country
flour - flower (мука - цветок): two cups of flour; a bunch of flowers
hair - hare (волосы - заяц): dark hair; he ran like a hare
hoarse - horse (хриплый - лошадь): a hoarse voice; to ride a horse
hole - whole (дыра - целый): a small hole in my dress; the whole world
I - eye (я - глаз): I can see it clearly; my left eye itches
lie - lie - lye (ложь/лгать - лежать - щелок): to tell a lie; to lie on the floor; a lye solution
main - mane (главный - грива): the main reason; a horse's mane
maize - maze (маис/кукуруза - лабиринт): maize oil; a maze of streets
mall - maul (пешеходная аллея - кувалда/калечить): shopping mall; to be badly mauled
mean - mean - mean (значить - посредственный/низкий - средняя величина): what do you mean? it was mean of him to say it; mean speed
meat - meet (мясо - встретить): meat and potatoes; to meet with friends
none - nun (ни один - монахиня): none of them; she is a nun
pair - pare - pear (пара - очищать от кожуры - груша): a pair of gloves; to pare an apple; apples and pears
peace - piece (мир/покой - кусок): peace and quiet; a piece of bread
right - rite - write (правильный/правый/право - обряд - писать): that's right; my right hand; civil rights; funeral rites; write a letter
sail - sale (парус/плыть - распродажа): to sail on a ship; I bought it on sale
sea - see (море - видеть): have you ever seen the sea at sunrise?
sew - so - sow (шить - так - сеять): to sew a dress; be so kind; to sow the seeds
some - sum (некоторый - сумма): I need some money; a large sum of money
son - sun (сын - солнце): he is my son; the sun is shining today
sound - sound (звук - здоровый): the sounds of music; a sound mind in a sound body
stalk - stalk (стебель - выслеживать/подкрадываться): corn stalk; to stalk a deer
tail - tale (хвост - рассказ): a bird with a long tail; a long and interesting tale
waist - waste (талия - излишняя трата): a slender waist; a waste of time
wait - weight (ждать - вес): to wait for an hour; her weight is 100 pounds
weak - week (слабый - неделя): weak eyes; next week
weather - whether (погода - ли): nice weather; ask her whether she wants to go
well - well (хорошо - колодец): very well; a deep well
which - witch (который - ведьма): which bag is yours? she was a real witch
whine - wine (скулить - вино): my dog often whines; red wine
