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***** [more bad than]  

Spelling worse

Meaning: more bad than
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Air pollution is worse today than it was yesterday. 大気汚染は昨日より今日の方が悪化しています。

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***** [value measured in money]  

Spelling worth

Meaning: value measured in money
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The new house is worth almost one million dollars. その新しい家は百万ドル弱の価値があります。

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***** [(1) to injure; (2) to hurt; (3) to cause physical damage to a person or animal; (4) an injury to the body of a human or animal in which the skin is usually cut or broken]  

Spelling wound

Meaning (1): to injure
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The terrorist attack wounded twelve people. テロリストの攻撃は12人を負傷させた。

Meaning (2): to hurt
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Her feelings were wounded by him. 彼女の気持ちは彼に傷付けられた。

Meaning (3): to cause physical damage to a person or animal
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Many were wounded by glass from broken windows. 多くの人々が割れた窓のガラスでけがをした。

Meaning (4): an injury to the body of a human or animal in which the skin is usually cut or broken
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Blood was pouring from the wound in his leg. 彼の足の傷から血があふれ出ていた。

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***** [(1) to damage greatly; (2) to destroy; (3) anything that has been badly damaged or broken]  

Spelling wreck

Meaning (1): to damage greatly
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The storm wrecked many houses in the town. 嵐は町の多くの家々を大破した。

Meaning (2): to destroy
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The boy wrecked the family car. 男の子は家族の車を破壊した。

Meaning (3): anything that has been badly damaged or broken
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The house was a wreck after the wild party. 大暴れのパーティーの後、その家はぼろぼろだった。

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***** [what remains of something severely damaged or destroyed]

Spelling wreckage

Meaning: what remains of something severely damaged or destroyed
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Searchers found the wreckage of the airplane high on a mountain. 捜索者たちは山の上方で飛行機の残骸を見つけた。

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***** [to use an instrument to make words appear on a surface, such as paper]  

Spelling write

Meaning: to use an instrument to make words appear on a surface, such as paper
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Please write a note to me with your new address. あなたの新しい住所をいれて私にメモを書いてください。

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***** [(1) not correct; (2) bad; (3) not legal; (4) opposite right]  

Spelling wrong

Meaning (1): not correct
Usage  example (voice)

Usage example (text) His answer is wrong. 彼の答えは間違っています。

Meaning (2): bad
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He made the wrong decision. 彼は誤った決断をしました。

Meaning (3): not legal
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) It is wrong to steal her money. 彼女のお金を盗むのはよくない。

Meaning (4): opposite right
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She knew the difference between right and wrong. 彼女は善悪の区別をわきまえていた。

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