Words that make your life complicated: THOUGH, THOUGHT, TOUGH, THOROUGH, THROUGH - How are they pronounced in English? THOUGH, ALTHOUGH, AND EVEN THOUGH (although, but, however, in spite of, well that) THESE 3 WORDS MEAN THE SAME THING, WE DESCRIBE THEM AS CONTRAST CONNECTORS, THEY ARE WORDS THAT ALLOW US TO ESTABLISH SOME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE THING AND ANOTHER THOUGH -It can be used at the beginning, the middle, or the end of a sentence Though she's almost sixty, she still works out every day She still works out every day, though she's almost sixty. She's almost sixty, she still works out every day, though WE CAN REPLACE THOUGH WITH ALTHOUGH AND EVEN THOUGH IN 2 OF THESE PHRASES, … IN WHICH ONES? IN THE FIRST PHRASE: ALTHOUGH she's almost sixty, she still works out every day EVEN THOUGH she's almost sixty, she still works out every day AND IN THE SECOND PHRASE She still works out every day, ALTHOUGH she's almost sixty or She still works out every day, EVEN THOUGH she's almost sixty BUT WE DO NOT USE ALTHOUGH OR EVEN THOUGH AT THE END OF A SENTENCE LIKE WE DO WITH THOUGH We also use though to say BUT (instead of using the word BUT) WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING TO EAT? I already ate, thanks, though - Gracias pero yo ya ate I already ate but thanks! I really like these shoes, I don't need them, though I really like these shoes but I don't need them We can also use the words AS THOUGH to say AS IF He looked at me as though he had never seen me before - he looked at me as if he had never seen me before As though IS a synonym for AS IF - HE LOOKED AT ME AS IF HE HAD NEVER SEEN ME BEFORE, HE LOOKED AT ME AS THOUGH HE HAD NEVER SEEN ME BEFORE THOUGHT - I thought (it is the past tense of the verb to think THINK, and as a noun it means THOUGHT - THIS WORD IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE WORD THOUGH BUT IT HAS A T AT THE END - AND THE PRONUNCIATION IS QUITE DIFFERENT I THOUGHT YOU WERE SICK - I thought you were sick I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD DO it - I never thought I could do it YOU'RE IN MY THOUGHTS - you are in my thoughts What are your thoughts ? a way of asking, WHAT DO YOU THINK? What are your thoughts? TOUGH - hard, or difficult (the GH in this word sounds like an F) - This steak is too tough, I can't eat it. Today was a very tough day - today was a very difficult day Today was a tough day - was a difficult day IT'S A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW - es una pastillas difícil de tragar (or in Spanish we would say un trago amarga) an unpleasant or difficult but inevitable fact or news - something difficult but that we must accept - a tough pill to swallow THOROUGH - detailed, complete, meticulous I'm trying to be thorough - estoy peligrosos We need to make a thorough investigation - queremos conducir una Investigación completo/detalada I'm thoroughly impressed by the quality of this computer - estoy completo impressed by the quality of this computer THROUGH - POR, A TRAVES - MEDIANTE, HASTA, has the same pronunciation as the word THREW (the past tense of verb THROW)- which means THROW, THROW I've been through a lot lately - he sido por mucho tardemente I've been through TOUGH times lately - I can't breathe through my nose - no puedo respirar por mi nariz Don't walk through the kitchen - no pases por/a través de la cocina We also use the word THROUGH to say that something is over, something finished I'm not through with my homework yet - aun no acaba mi tarea (in this sentence we are replacing the word DONE or FINISHED with THROUGH - im not done with my homework yet, i'm not through with my homework yet - I'm through with you - me canse de ti, se acaba And what is the difference between THROUGH and THROUGHOUT? We could say that we use THROUGH when we talk about going directly from one point to another, from this side of the kitchen to this one. And THROUGHOUT when we go not only from one side to the other but through all the spaces in between. HE BECAME FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD - HE BECAME FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IT RAINED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT - IT RAINED ALL NIGHT