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✨ Adverbs and Adjectives Combinations ✨

و ختاماً لموضوعنا .. يلا نتعرف على أكثر المرصوفات استخداماً و تداولنا في اللغة الانجليزية و غالباً ما نسمعها و نقرأها!! 🙂👍🏻

List of useful adverb adjective collocations in English with examples:


🔳Ruggedly handsome

▫️More important, my wife was above ground chatting with a ruggedly handsome tour guide.

🔳Scared stiff

▫️I’m not scared stiff, I’ll be anything but scared.

🔳Strongly opposed

▫️I’m strongly opposed to capital punishment.

🔳“Very, extremely, incredibly, terribly, awfully, fairly, a bit, quite, really + weak/good/surprised/angry

▫️Housing prices are still extremely weak.

🔳Actively involved

▫️He’s been actively involved in politics for 30 years.

🔳Badly hurt

▫️He was badly hurt.

🔳Blissfully unaware

▫️Harry was blissfully unaware that he was in danger.

🔳Blissfully ignorant

▫️While her husband had affairs with other women, she lived in blissful ignorance.

🔳Completely amazed

▫️Alaudin started telling me his father’s story and I was completely amazed.

🔳Completely different

▫️That’s a completely different subject.

🔳Completely fantastic

▫️Completely fantastic and interesting and complicated things!

🔳Completely strong

▫️“I feel physically completely strong and emotionally completely exhausted,” she said

🔳Dead tired

▫️I am dead tired.

🔳Drop-dead gorgeous

▫️For me, they bring to mind the drop-dead gorgeous mountains.

🔳Fiercely competitive

▫️Companies have been fiercely competitive since.

🔳Fully aware

▫️I am fully aware that there are serious problems.

🔳Happily married

▫️I’m happily married, with children.

🔳Painfully shy

▫️When I was a kid I was painfully shy, so it was hard for me to make friends.

🔳Painfully thin

▫️She looked painfully thin.

🔳Perfectly normal

▫️It’s perfectly normal to feel like this.

🔳Pretty good

▫️Your script was pretty good but I have some suggestions.

🔳Quietly confident

▫️I’m quietly confident that Arsenal can get a result.

🔳Quite good

▫️I am quite good at various activities, such as painting and photography.

🔳Quite sure

▫️Are you quite sure she won’t mind?

🔳Readily available

▫️Boats are readily available to visitors.

🔳Reasonably happy

▫️She seems reasonably happy in her new job.

🔳Reasonably priced

▫️The apartments are reasonably priced.

🔳Reasonably well

▫️The hostages had been reasonably well cared for.


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✨ 12 Common Adverb Verb Collocations ✨

تعرفنا في ما مضى على نوعين من المرصوفات او المتلازمات اللفظية .. و اليوم سنبدأ بالنوع الثالث و هو المكون من الحال + الفعل !!

و سنتطرق الى ١٢ مثال منها و هي الأكثر شيوعاً و استخداماً في اللغة الانجليزية مع مثال لها في جملة مفيدة !!

✨Adverb + Verb Combinations with Example Sentences✨


⚡️Badly damage .. متضرر بشدة

⚪️At least nine cars were badly damaged, some virtually incinerated.

⚡️Deeply rooted (in) .. متجذر بعمق

⚪️Its people and its culture are deeply rooted in the earth.

⚡️Never knew .. يجهل او لا يعلم ابداً

⚪️I never knew George was married. I thought he was single.

⚡️Quite agree .. يوافق تماماً

⚪️I quite agree with your answer.

⚡️Strongly argue .. يناقش بحدة

⚪️I am not going to strongly argue this point.

⚡️Strongly condemn .. يشجب بشدة " هذا المصطلح من التلازم اللفظي غالباً ما نراه في المجال السياسي "

⚪️We strongly condemn this wild and cruel act.

⚡️Strongly deny .. ينكر بشدة

⚪️I strongly deny any wrongdoing.

⚡️Strongly dislike .. يبغض بقوة

⚪️Your classmates will strongly dislike you.

⚡️Strongly object .. يعارض بشدة

⚪️Doctors who run programs offering the operation strongly object.

⚡️Strongly recommend .. يوصي بقوة

⚪️If you can, I would strongly recommend buying.

⚡️Strongly suggest .. يقترح بشدة

⚪️I strongly suggest you read this book.

⚡️Strongly support .. يؤيد بشدة

⚪️It’s a change I strongly support.

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⭕️ Strongly ⭕️

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✨Adverb and adverb Collocations Examples✨

⭕️ Adverb + adverb

🌐 List of adverb and adverb combinations that start with (O-R)🌐

⚫️Only just .. فقط للتو

▫️We made it to the airport on time, but only just.

⚫️Only just .. بالكاد

▫️I can afford it, but only just.

⚫️Pretty well .. بشكل جيد

▫️She knows pretty well everything there is to know on the subject.

⚫️Quite a lot .. كثير جداً

▫️They drank quite a lot of drinks.

⚫️Quite enough .. بشكل كافي

▫️I’ve had quite enough of your tantrums.

⚫️Quite often .. غالباً

▫️We talk about adoption quite often now.

⚫️Right away .. مباشرةً

▫️If I get the job, I can start right away.

⚫️Right now .. الآن

▫️I’m sorry, but I can’t talk right now.

⚫️Right now .. حالاً

▫️Do it right now!

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#️⃣#Lot /lɒt $ lɑːt/ #pronoun, #adverb


💢an awful lot ➡️ (also a whole lot #informal) (=a very large amount or number)

🔹He spends an awful lot of time on the computer.

💢a lot to do/learn/say etc

🔹I still have a lot to learn.
🔹It’s a great city, with lots to see and do.

💢have a lot on your plate #informal #idiom ➡️ to have a large number of problems to deal with or a large amount of work to do

🔹She's got a lot on her plate - especially with two new projects starting this week.

💢have a lot on your mind ➡️ to have a lot of problems that you are worried about:

🔹‘You’re quiet today.’ ‘I’ve got a lot on my mind.’

💢have a lot on #British_English ➡️ to be very busy, with a large number of things to do in a short time:

🔹I can’t help you now – I’ve got rather a lot on.


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#️⃣#Well /wel/ #adverb


💢do well

🅰️to be successful, especially in work or business:

🔹He’s doing very well at college.
🔹Elizabeth’s done well for herself since she moved to London.

🅱️if someone who has been ill is doing well, they are becoming healthy again:

🔹He had the operation yesterday, and he’s doing very well.

💢as well ➡️ in addition to something or someone else:

🔹Why don’t you come along as well?

📚#Register:

🗣As well is used mostly in #spoken_English.
✍🏻In #written_English, people usually prefer to use also:

🔹Parents are also welcome.

💢as well as something/somebody ➡️ in addition to something or someone else:

🔹They own a house in France as well as a villa in Spain.

💢as well as doing something

🔹The organization gives help and support to people in need, as well as raising money for local charities.

💢may/might/could well ➡️ used to say that something is likely to happen or is likely to be true:

🔹What you say may well be true.
🔹You could try the drugstore, but it might well be closed by now.

💢may/might/could (just) as well

🅰️#informal ➡️ used when you do not particularly want to do something but you decide you should do it:

🔹I suppose we may as well get started.

🅱️used to mean that another course of action would have an equally good result:

🔹The taxi was so slow we might just as well have gone on the bus.

💢can’t very well (do something) ➡️ used to say that you cannot do something because it would be unacceptable:

🔹I can’t very well tell him we don’t want him at the party!

💢know full/perfectly well ➡️ used to say that someone does know something even though they are behaving as if they do not:

🔹You know full well what I mean.

💢be well away #British_English #informal

🅰️to be making good progress:

🔹If we can get that grant from the local authority, we’ll be well away.

🅱️to be very drunk

💢be well in with somebody #informal ➡️ to have a friendly relationship with someone, especially someone important:

🔹She’s very well in with members of the management committee.

💢be well out of something #British_English #spoken ➡️ to be lucky to no longer be involved in a particular situation

💢be well up in/on something #informal especially #British_English ➡️ to know a lot about a particular subject:

🔹Geoff’s always been well up on the lnternet.

💢as well somebody might/may #formal ➡️ used to say that there is a good reason for someone’s feelings or reactions:

🔹Marilyn looked guilty, as well she might.

💢do well by somebody #informal ➡️ to treat someone generously


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#️⃣#Worse /wɜːs $ wɜːrs/ #adverb [the comparative of badly] ➡️ in a more severe or serious way than before

💢worse than

🔹By lunch time it was raining worse than ever.

💢[sentence adverb]

🔹The business could become less profitable or, even worse, could close down.

🔹Suppose Rose, or worse still, Peter had seen the photograph?

💢worse off #adjective [not before noun] ➡️ if you are worse off, you have less money OPP better off:

🔹The rent increases will leave us worse off.

💢worse off than

🔹I don’t think we’re any worse off than a lot of other people.

💢in a worse situation OPP better off:

🔹People in rural areas are even worse off, as they have no regular bus service.

💢worse off than

🔹Other sports are much worse off than athletics.


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#️⃣#ever /ˈevə $ ˈevər/ #adverb


1️⃣a word meaning at any time; used mostly in questions, negatives, comparisons, or sentences with ‘if’:

🔹Have you ever been to Paris
🔹Nothing ever seems to upset him.
🔹I don’t think I’ve ever been here before.
🔹If you’re ever in Seattle, come and see me.

2️⃣#formal ➡️ always:

🔹Ever optimistic, I decided to take the exam again.

3️⃣hardly ever ➡️ not very often:

🔹We hardly ever go out.

4️⃣never ever #spoken ➡️ never:

🔹You never ever offer to help!

5️⃣for ever ➡️ for all time:

🔹Nothing lasts for ever.

6️⃣as ever ➡️ as always happens:

🔹As ever, Joe was late.

7️⃣ever since ➡️ continuously since:

🔹My back has been bad ever since I fell and hurt it two years ago.

8️⃣ever after ➡️ for all time after something:

🔹I suppose they’ll get married and live happily ever after.

9️⃣hotter / colder / better etc than ever ➡️ even hotter etc than before:

🔹Last night’s show was better than ever.

1️⃣0️⃣as friendly / cheerful / miserable etc as ever ➡️ as friendly etc as someone or something usually is:

🔹George was as miserable as ever.
🔹The food was as bad as ever!

1️⃣1️⃣ever so cold / wet / nice etc #British_English #spoken ➡️ very cold, wet etc:

🔹The assistant was ever so helpful.
🔹Thanks ever so much.

1️⃣2️⃣ever such a #British_English ➡️ used to emphasize what someone or something is like:

🔹She’s ever such a nice girl.

1️⃣3️⃣ever-increasing / ever-present etc ➡️ increasing, present etc all the time:

🔹the ever-increasing problem of drugs in the inner cities

1️⃣4️⃣Yours ever / Ever yours #informal ➡️ used at the end of a letter above the signature

1️⃣5️⃣if ever there was one #informal ➡️ used to say that someone or something is a typical example of something:

🔹He’s a natural comedian if ever there was one.


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#️⃣#Instead /ɪnˈsted/ #adverb


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⚪️instead ➡️ used when saying that a particular thing is used or happens and not another thing, or that someone does something and not another person:

✨There were no single rooms, so I booked a double instead.

✨Chris couldn't go to the meeting, so I said that I would go instead.

✨Can I have soup instead of salad?

✨I really wished it had been me instead of him.

⚪️rather than ➡️ instead of something or someone - often used when someone does something instead of doing another thing, because it seems better or more suitable:

✨Rather than driving around all day looking for somewhere to park, why don’t you take a bus into town?

✨A lot of people are choosing to rent rather than buy their own homes.

✨I’d say it was warm rather than hot.

✨It might be better if you asked him rather than me.

⚪️in somebody / sth’s place ➡️ having the position or role that something or someone else once had:

✨The factory was demolished and flats were built in its place.

✨If I refused to go, they would send someone else in my place.

⚪️on behalf of somebody/on sb’s behalf ➡️ instead of someone or as their representative:

✨She asked the doctor to speak to her parents on her behalf.

✨He collected the award on behalf of his sister.

⚪️in favour of #British_English, in favor of #American_English ➡️ used when something is not chosen or used, because something else seems much better:

✨The original plan was abandoned in favour of a new proposal.

✨She was rejected for the job in favor of a more experienced teacher.

⚪️in preference to #formal ➡️ used when something is chosen or used because it seems much better than something else:

✨What makes customers choose one brand in preference to another?


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#️⃣#Suddenly /ˈsʌdnli/ #adverb


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⚪️suddenly ➡️ used when something happens very quickly and unexpectedly:

✨Suddenly, there was a loud bang.

✨I suddenly realized what had happened.

✨Her husband died suddenly at the age of 64.

⚪️all of a sudden ➡️ suddenly – used especially in stories or descriptions of past events:

✨All of a sudden, he takes a gun out of his pocket and shoots.

✨He just all of a sudden decided to leave.

⚪️without warning ➡️ suddenly and with no signs that it was going to happen – used about bad or dangerous things:

✨One day, he collapsed without warning.

✨Then, without warning, her husband left her.

⚪️out of the blue ➡️ suddenly and unexpectedly – used especially when you hear from someone you have not seen for a long time or when someone tells you something that surprises you:

✨She turned up on my doorstep, out of the blue.

✨The offer had come completely out of the blue.

⚪️at short notice #British_English, on short notice #American_English ➡️ suddenly, so that there is not much time to prepare or change arrangements:

✨He came into the side at short notice, when another player was injured.

✨Occasionally, tours may have to be cancelled at short notice.

⚪️on the spur of the moment ➡️ used when talking about things you decide to do suddenly, without planning them beforehand:

✨We all buy things on the spur of the moment.

✨On the spur of the moment, I decided to go and talk to her about it.


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#️⃣#None /nʌn/ #adverb


1️⃣none the worse/better etc (for something) ➡️ not any worse, better etc than before:

🔹She seems none the worse for her experience.

2️⃣none the wiser ➡️ not having any more understanding or knowledge about something than you had before:

🔹I was none the wiser after his explanation.

3️⃣none too ➡️ not at all:

🔹I was none too pleased to have to take the exam again.


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#️⃣#Since /sɪns/ #preposition, #conjunction, #adverb


✨Since can be used in the following ways:

🚩as a preposition (followed by a noun):

🔹Everything has changed so much since last spring.

🚩as an adverb (without a following noun):

🔹She left home in 1993 and hasn’t been seen since.

🚩as a conjunction (connecting two clauses):

🔹Paul’s had several different jobs since he left school.

🔹Since there’s no more business, we can all go home.

🚩When since is used for talking about time, the verb in the main clause of the sentence is usually in the present perfect or past perfect tense:

🔹It hasn’t rained since the end of July.

🔹He had been composing music since he was ten years old.

🚩Sometimes the present simple or past simple is used in the main clause:

🔹It’s over twenty years since we last met.


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✨Above = too good for


Above can be used in the following ways:

1️⃣ as a #preposition (followed by a noun)

🔸The birds were flying high above the trees.

2️⃣ as an #adverb (without a following noun)

🔸She stared up at the stars above.

3️⃣ as an #adjective

🔸Please reply to the above address.

🔺In “She’s above cheating on her exams.”, above here is used as a #preposition, meaning too good for; it’s impossible for her to do such thing because she’s a morally good person.


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✨Abroad
#adverb

➖Since I was small, I've always wanted to go to abroad.✘
➖Since I was small, I've always wanted to go abroad.✅

➖I would like to continue my studies in abroad.✘
➖I would like to continue my studies abroad.✅
          
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🔻go/live/be abroad (WITHOUT to, at, in etc)

The only preposition that is used before abroad is FROM:

➖She came back from abroad saying how much she had missed her home and family.


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