I znów poszerzamy nasz vocabulary bank
‘Very’ to bardzo dobre słówko – ‘very’ is a very good word Jednak może być nieco nieprecyzyjne, ponieważ często stoi przed popularnymi wyrazami jak ‘good’, necessary’, ‘interesting’. Możemy powiedzieć o filmie, że był ‘very good’, ale… są wyrazy, które pomogą wyrazić opinię w bardziej przekonujący sposób. Jak uczyć się słówek to na bogato.
Dobry tekst czy wypowiedź po angielsku unika nadmiernego używania słów jak ‘very’ czy ‘really’. Oczywiście są momenty, kiedy ich potrzebujemy – wtedy ich używajmy. Jeśli jednak wybierzemy odpowiednio silne i wymowne przymiotniki, ‘really’ czy ‘very’ nie będą nam tak często potrzebne.
Słówka zamiast ‘very’,
czyli ways to avoid using the word ‘very’
very dangerous very dear very deep very depressed very detailed very different very difficult very dirty very dry very dull very eager very easy very empty very excited very exciting very expensive very fancy very fat very fast very friendly very frightened very frightening very funny very glad very good very great very happy very hard very hard-to-find very heavy very hot very high very hungry very hurt very important very intelligent very interesting very lazy very little very lively very long very long-term very loved very mean very messy very neat very necessary very nervous very nice very noisy very often very old very old-fashioned very open |
perilous cherished profound despondent meticulous disparate arduous filthy, squalid arid tedious keen effortless desolate thrilled exhilarating costly lavish obese swift amiable alarmed terrifying hilarious overjoyed excellent, superb terrific ecstatic difficult rare leaden boiling sky-high starving battered crucial brilliant captivating indolent tiny vivacious extensive enduring adored cruel slovenly immaculate essential tense kind deafening frequently ancient archaic transparent |