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How many words do you know to intensify the word "good"?

great, brilliant, excellent, fantastic, amazing, superb, wonderful, terrific, marvelous, outstanding, exceptional

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How many words do you know that can intensify the word "bad"?

terrible, awful, dreadful, horrible, rotten, lousy, dismal

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What others words can describe a "nice" person?

pleasant, likeable, agreeable, lovely

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What are some stronger words or expressions that can describe someone "happy", "pleased" or "glad"?

delighted, ecstatic, thrilled, overjoyed, elated, "over the moon", "on cloud nine"

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What are some stronger words or expressions to describe "unhappy" or "sad"?

miserable, depressed, "down in the dumps", gloomy, glum

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How else can we say "really big" in English?

huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, immense, colossal

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How can we intensify the word "afraid" or "scared" in English? And how could we 'soften' the feeling?

terrified, petrified, "scared stiff" (intensifying) .. alarmed, startled (softening)

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How else could we express "angry" in English? And can you think of a 'softer' word?

furious, fuming, seething, livid, irate / cross (softer)

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Do you know some other ways to say "hungry" and "thirsty"?

HUNGRY: peckish ("feeling a bit hungry"), starving, famished THIRSTY: parched

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Think of some words to describe different ways of "saying" or "speaking" ..

comment, remark, declare, announce, state, exclaim, boast .. whisper, mutter, mumble, stutter

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How else in English can we describe "laugh"?

giggle, chuckle, snicker .. roar with laughter, howl with laughter, "laugh your head off"

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What are some different ways to say "look" in English?

stare, gaze, glance, peep, peek, view (a bit formal), observe (formal), inspect

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How many different words are there to describe "walking" and "running"?

WALKING: stroll, tiptoe, hobble, limp, stumble, trip, stagger RUNNING: jog, sprint, dash, bolt, flee

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What are some alternatives for the word "boring"?

dull, bland, tedious, monotonous, "mind-numbing"

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What are some other ways to say "surprised"?

amazed, astonished, stunned, shocked, taken aback, blown away, flabbergasted

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