C2 · Mastery
Intensifiers & Swearing
Recognize intensifiers and swearwords of different strengths, assess their interpersonal effect and choose a neutral alternative when needed.
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- Words & phrases
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- 2
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- 1
- Readings
- 1
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- damn(ed), goddamn (strong emphatic)
- damn, bloody (colloquial swear-word intensifier)
- damn it, hell (strong emphatic)
- bloody, really (vulgar intensifier)
- damn, dead (intensifier)
- darn, blasted
- for goodness' sake, darn it (mild)
- damn it, for hell's sake
- damn it, for God's sake
- damn it, for God's sake
- darn it, dang (mild euphemism)
- darn it, for heaven's sake (mild)
- what the hell
- holy shit, no way (vulgar surprise)
- thank God, thankfully
- honestly, seriously, come on
- simply, just (intensifier)
- utterly, completely (formal emphasis)
- rather, fairly, quite (understated emphasis)
- insanely, madly (intensifier)
- incredibly, unbelievably
- extremely, tremendously (intensifier)
- crap, shit (mild swearword)
- crap, nonsense (mild swearword)
- damn, crap (intensifying prefix)
- the hell (emphatic in questions)
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Intensifiers and Swearing
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Venting About a Broken Machine
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