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The noun Principal means ‘headmaster’ or ‘headmistress’ (of a schoo!
for adults).
if you want to leave early you'll have to ask the Principal.
A principle is a scientific law or a moral rule.
Newton discovered the principle of universal gravitation.
She's a girl with very strong principles.

15 quite and quiet
Quite is an adverb of degree — it can mean ‘fairly’ or ‘completely’. For
details, see 274.
Our neighbours are quite noisy.
Quiet is the opposite of foud or noisy.
She's very quiet. You never hear her moving about.

16 sensible and sensitive
If you are sensible you have ‘common sense’. You do not make stupid
decisions.
‘l want to buy that dress.’ ‘Be sensible, dear. You haven't got that
much money.’
If you are sensitive you feel things easily or deeply — perhaps you can
easily be hurt.
—
Don't shout at her very sensitive. (NOT ... very sensibie-)
she’s
17 shade and shadow
Shade is protection from the sun.
I'm hot. Let's sit in the shade of that tree.
We say shadow when we are thinking of the ‘picture’ made by an
unlighted area.
In the evening your shadow is longer than you are.

18 some time and sometimes
Some time means ‘one day’. It refers to an indefinite time, usually in the
future.
Let’s have dinner together some time next week.
Sometimes is an adverb of frequency (see 14.2). It means ‘on some
occasions’, ‘more than once’.
| sometimes went skiing when | lived in Germany.