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C1-C2 Phrasal Adjectives

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  • Use run-of-the-mill in a sentence.
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  • Use off-the-cuff in a sentence.
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  • Use larger-than-life in a sentence.
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  • Use odds-on in a sentence.
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  • Use unheard-of in a sentence.
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  • Use paid-for in a sentence.
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  • We call something that is obvious, patent or evident, sometimes despite someone's best efforts to conceal it or make it subtle...
    Not-so-subtle
  • We call something that you can either accept without any change from negotiating, bargaining or haggling or just refuse...
    Take-it-or-leave-it
  • We call something that was made as a commission that was economically backed by someone...
    Paid-for
  • We call something for which we had low expectations but turned out satisfactory enough...
    Better-than-expected
  • Use state-of-the-art in a sentence.
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  • We call things that are decreasing in number or quantity or depleting at an alarming rate and a steady pace...
    Dwindling or ever-dwindling
  • We call a day of an organisation or other working as it has always done despite the underlying problems that may be happening...
    A busines-as-usual day
  • Use not-so-subtle in a sentence.
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  • We call an improvised or unplanned speech, talk, comment or remark...
    An off-the-cuff speech / talk / comment /remark
  • Use ever-dwindling in a sentence.
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  • Use middle-of-the-road in a sentence.
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  • We call something that was appropriately planned or considered before doing it...
    Well-thought-out
  • We call the favourite candidate or the chance or certainty that something will happen that is most likely because all odds seem to be on that...
    The odds-on favourite / chance / certainty / posibility...
  • We call measures and actions affecting everything or everyone within an organization, system or society...
    Across-the-board measures or actions
  • Use business-as-usual in a sentence.
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  • We call something that wasn't carefully planned, thought or considered before doing it...
    Badly-thought-out
  • Use (well-/poorly-)thought-out in a sentence.
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  • Use take-it-or-leave-it in a sentence.
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  • We call someone or something that is unusually more magnetic in their or its attractive and unique personality
    Larger-than-life
  • Use all-you-can-eat in a sentence.
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  • Use once-in-a-lifetime in a sentence.
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  • We call a person, organization opinion or piece of entertainment that is mainstream, acceptable, safe, not extreme and innofensive...
    Middle-of-the-road
  • We call things or events that are unprecedented or have never been heard of or without recorded precedent...
    Unheard-of
  • Use across-the-board in a sentence.
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  • Use better-than-expected in a sentence.
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  • We call technology that is the most advanced at the moment...
    State-of-the-art technology or cutting-edge technology
  • We call something ordinary and not special...
    Run-of-the-mill
  • We call people who are well off, rich people...
    Well-to-do people
  • Use well-to-do in a sentence.
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