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Sale is a noun. Something that someone wants to sell is “for sale.” ... “To go on sale” means “to become available for purchase”: Ticket packages offer the exclusive ability to select tickets before they go on sale (i.e., before people who don't have ticket packages are allowed to buy them.)

The adverb "sometime" (one word) means at an indefinite or unstated time in the future; as an adjective, "sometime" means occasional or former. The expression "some time" (two words) means "a period of time." The adverb "sometimes" (one word) means "occasionally, now and then."

Idle: not active; unemployed. Idol: an effigy; a beloved celebrity. Idyll: a happy interlude; prose or poetry describing rural serenity.

The difference between 'error' and 'mistake' is in the context that they are used in. A 'mistake' is usually accidental, you know it is wrong. Otherwise, an 'error' is usually made due to the lack of knowledge and is more formal than 'mistake'. "Machines never make mistakes, but rather they make errors.

Borrowing means to ask for something and return it; lend means to give something and get it back. If in a library, for example, would I say "I want to lend a book" or "I want to borrow a book"? Borrow. "Borrow" means to take temporarily.

Each is a way of seeing the members of a group as individuals, while every is a way of seeing a group as a series of members. These distributives can only be used with countable nouns. They are normally used with singular nouns, and are placed before the noun. In many cases, they are interchangeable.

Miss means fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at). Lose means be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).

Structures using 'such' and 'so' are similar in meaning, but different in construction. The main difference between the two structures is that 'such' takes a noun phrase, whereas 'so' takes an adjective.

The word work is more general than “job” – whereas “job” is a specific occupation/profession, “work” refers to general efforts and activities done to accomplish a goal. “Work” can be done both inside an official job and outside a job!

There are two kinds of difference between 'wait' and 'await'. The first difference is in the grammatical structures that are associated with these two verbs. The verb 'await' must have an object - for example, 'I am awaiting your answer'. ... The verb 'wait' can come in different structures.