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A list of common expressions that I want you to start using more

A list of common expressions that I want you to start using more

    ➡ approximately  
    - What time are we meeting, approximately? 

    ➡ beforehand - 

    - The exam starts at 9 am but make sure you arrive beforehand. 

    ➡ deliberately - 
    - It wasn’t an accident! You deliberately threw that egg at me! 
    - I was hit by the driver deliberately. 
    (or: I was hit by the driver ON PURPOSE) 

    ➡ frankly - 
    - Do you like me? 
    - Frankly speaking, I hate you. 

    ➡ gradually  
    - Your English is gradually getting better. But you need to practice more. 
    (or: your English is getting better bit by bit) 

    ➡ incredibly  
    - That game we played in class yesterday was incredibly pointless. 

    ➡ instantly  
    - He was shot in the head and died instantly. 

    ➡ nevertheless  
    -I know it’s raining but we should cook shashlik nevertheless! 

    ➡ partly  
    - The fact that I love spending my time with chickens is only partly true. 

    ➡ precisely  
    - We have an important meeting and it’s crucial to arrive precisely at 12 noon. 

    ➡ relatively - 
    - School today was relatively boring. 

    ➡ slightly 
    - Don’t worry, you only slightly burned dinner but we can still eat it. 

    ➡ utterly - 
    -Today’s grammar lesson was utterly pointless.

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