main-major

mad / furious

main / major / principal

make / form / shape

manage / conduct / direct

mark / stain / spot / smudge / speck

match / coincide / correspond

maybe / perhaps / possibly / probably

meddle / interfere / tamper

meet / get together / bump into / run into / gather / assemble / encounter / confront

metaphor / simile

mistake / blunder

modern / contemporary

month

most / most of


	main / major / principal

A.	main은 형용사로 쓰이는 경우에 주된, 주요한, 중요한의 의미이며 일반적으로 사용되는 단어이다.
1.	Who played the main part in the movie?
2.	The main reason she's unhappy is that she's lonely.
3.	Meet me at the main station.
4.	My main problem is that I'm so shy.
5.	Our teacher talked about the main idea in the essay.

B.	major는 다른 것들에 비교하여 가장 중요한 이라는 의미로 사용된다.
1.	You made one major mistake.
2.	He's already had a major heart attack.
3.	Houston is one of the major cities of the United States.
4.	Take the major share of the profits.
5.	The major reason for working is to make money to live.

C.	principal은 중요한 것들의 순위에서 첫 번째로 중요한의 의미이다.
1.	The novel's principal theme is the value of family.
2.	What's your principal reason for quitting?
3.	Chicago is the principal city of Illinois.
4.	The principal reason they visited was to make an offer to buy your business.

Who played
the main part
in the movie?

The major reason for working is to make money to live.