Vocabulary Building

Assalamu aalaykum dear members
In this new topic, I'm going to provide much information about some common words and their different synonyms and variations and I do hope this will help you increase your vocabulary and use the English language productively.

1/ Good and very good

Instead of saying that something is good or very good, try to use more precise and interesting adjectives to describe things:

* Delicious/ tasty food.
*an exciting/ entertaining/absorbing movie
*a pleasant/ an enjoyable trip
* an absorbing/ a fascinating/ an informative book.
* a skilful/ talented/ fine player.
*impressive/high-quality acting.
*useful/helpful advice.

In conversation you can also use words like: great, super, wonderful, lovely and excellent.
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2/ Nice and very nice:

Instead of saying that something is nice or very nice, you can use more precise and interesting adjectives to describe things:

* pleasant/perfect/beautiful weather
* a cosy/ a comfortable/ an attractive room.
*a pleasant/ an interesting/ an enjoyable experience.
* expensive/ fashionable/ smart clothes.
*a kind/ a charming/ an interesting man.
* The party wasfine

In conversation you can also use great, wonderful, lovely and (in British English) brilliant.
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3/ Bad and very bad:

Instead of saying that something is bad or very bad, try to use more precise nad interesting adjectives to describe things:

*an unpleasant/ a foul/ a disguisting smell.
* appalling/ dreadful/ severe weather.
*an unpleasant/ a frightening/ a traumatic experience.
*poor/weak eyesight.
*a terrible/ serious/horrific accident.
*a wicked/ an evil/ an immoral person .
* an awkward/ an embarrassing/ a difficult situation.
* difficult/ appallingconditions
* to refer to your health, you can say:
I feel unwell/ sick/ terrible; I don’t feel (very) well.

In conversation, words like terrible, horrible, awful and dreadful can be used in most situations to mean ‘very bad
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4/ Words that mean ‘break

Burst : The balloon hit a tree and burst.
Crack : The ice started to crack.
Crumble: Crumble the cheese into a bowl.
Cut : He cut the wire in two.
Fracture : He fell and fractured his hip.
Shatter: The vase hit the floor and shattered.
Smash : Vandals had smashed two windows
Snap : I snapped the pencil in half.
Split : The bag had split open on the way home.
Tear : She tore the letter into pieces.

NB.All the above verbs except cut can be used with or without an object.

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5/ Words that mean 'cry


To cry is the most general word for producing tears when you are unhappy or hurt, or when you are extremely happy.

To sob means to cry noisily, taking sudden, sharp breaths.
To wail means to cry in a loud high voice .
To whimper means to cry making low, weak noises.
To weep means to cry quietly for a long time.
To be in tears means to be crying.
To burst into tears means to suddenly begin to cry.
To cry your eyes out means to cry a lot or for a long time, because you are very sad
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