I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , colossal ( esp. AmE ), great , huge
▪
It is a great ~ to assume that your children will agree with you.
▪ bad , dreadful , fundamental , ghastly ( esp. BrE ), grave , horrible ( esp. AmE ), serious , terrible
▪ costly , expensive
▪
This dress was an expensive ~.
▪ disastrous , fatal , tragic
▪ embarrassing
▪ elementary , little , simple
▪
All those problems because of one little ~!
▪ common
▪ genuine , honest
▪ deliberate
▪ past
▪
The company has learned from its past ~s.
▪ careless , dumb ( AmE ), foolish , stupid
▪ grammar , grammatical , spelling
VERB + MISTAKE
▪ make
▪
I'm sorry, I made a ~.
▪ commit
▪
They all commit similar ~s.
▪ repeat
▪ learn from
▪ pay for
▪
Ordinary people are paying for the government's ~s.
▪ discover , realize
▪
Too late, she realized her ~.
▪ avoid
▪
We can help you avoid costly ~s.
▪ acknowledge , admit , admit to , recognize
▪ correct , erase , fix ( AmE ), put right , rectify , undo
▪ regret
▪ forgive
▪ point out
▪
The teacher kindly pointed out the ~.
▪ eliminate
▪
It isn't possible to eliminate all ~s.
MISTAKE + VERB
▪ happen , occur
▪
Mistakes are bound to happen sometimes.
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
▪
I picked up the wrong bag by ~.
▪ ~ about
▪
I made a ~ about her.
PHRASES
▪ all a ~
▪
I kept telling myself that it was all a terrible ~.
▪ an easy ~ to make
▪
Don't worry about it—it's an easy ~ to make!
▪ make the ~ of doing sth
▪
A lot of people make the ~ of thinking that getting results is all that matters.
▪ make the same ~
▪
Don't make the same ~ as I did.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ easily
▪
An unwary observer could easily ~ this constellation for a comet.
VERB + MISTAKE
▪ cannot
▪
You can't ~ him. He has long red hair.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
I'm sorry. I mistook you for George.
▪
People often ~ us for sisters.
PHRASES
▪ there is no mistaking sth
▪
There was no mistaking the admiration in his eyes.