peel - scrape
1. New potatoes are nice to the taste but Ihate scraping
them. 2. I’ve boiled potatoes in their jackets/skins, will you
scrape/peelthem?
steady - firm
1. The chair was not steadybecause one of its legs was broken.
2. The oak-tree stood firmin the earth. 3. Mr. Convoy was
a steadycustomer at the bookshop. 4. His decision was firm.
crack - break
1. The cup was/had cracked,but the pieces still held together.
2. The ice crackedand then brokeunder his feet. 3- Brittle
things breakeasily.
taste - flavour
1. The peach has a peculiarly fine flavour.2. The fruit looked
tempting, but it turned out to have an unpleasant taste.3-1 like
the lemon flavourof the sweets.