Thẻ ghi nhớ: English Collocations in Use Advanced - unit 7 (Intensifying and softening adverbs) | Quizlet

spotlessly clean

extremely clean (sạch không tì vết)

downright rude

extremely rude

downright disgrace

absolutely disgraceful

ex: It was a .... to behave like that.

if not downright

used when you want to emphasize that something is or may be even worse than it seems at first (nếu không muốn nói là)

ex: The working conditions are unhealthy, .... dangerous.

thoroughly ashamed

very ashamed (cực kỳ xấu hổ, hổ thẹn)

blatantly obvious

very clear and easy to see, but the person responsible for it does not seem embarrassed or ashamed

ex: It's ... that Olga is only interested in Richard because he's stinking rich

wildly exaggerated

described as way better or larger than it really is

dead easy

dễ muốn chết

slightly different

>< entirely/striking different from = differ widely

loosely based on

to develop sth from something else in a way that many things are different in each, not exactly the same

faintly ridiculous/absurd

slightly ridiculous/absurd

>< utterly