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leslie
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 Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:15 pm Post subject: how do you express that something is good? |
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Hi Teachers,
Do the following sentences mean the same when they refer to something that makes you feel good? If not, could you please tell me the differences and in what context they will be applied to?
1. Isn't that swell?
2. Isn't that fabulous?
3. Isn't that awesome?
Apart from those above, are there any similar expressions that native speakers mostly use?
G'day
Leslie
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CP
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All three words mean "good" or "very good." Many new words or new uses of existing words mean "good" or "very good," and some (fewer, it seems) mean "bad" or "very bad."
"Swell" is a little old fashioned; "fabulous" implies showy or (sometimes) gay; "awesome" has been applied to everything from the shape of waves to surf on to the nail polish on a gum-chewing bleached blonde, so that something that is truly awesome can hardly be called awesome without diminishing it.
Other words that may mean "good" or "very good":
bad: Wow, that is a bad motorcycle! (Good and macho.)
fly: Isn't that girl fly? (Good looking.)
banging / bangin': The party was bangin', man! (Good and raucous.)
phat: Herbie got himself a phat car. (Good and flashy.)
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