Luyện ngữ pháp - English Collocations in Use - Intermediate - (Unit 2: Grammatical aspects of collocations)


Intensifying adverbs

In English there are lots of other ways of saying very or very much. For example, we can use words such as highly, utterly, bitterly, deeply. These alternatives collocate strongly with specific words, and other combinations often sound unnatural.

Bitterly, deeply, ridiculously, strongly

word collocations comments
bitterly disappointing/disappointed resent criticise regret complain cry weep carries a feeling of deep ; used slightly more in than in conversation
deeply ashamed concerned shocked committed moved affected hurt (of feelings) regret care religious unhappy collocates mainly with words associated with ; used slightly more in than in conversation
ridiculously cheap expensive easy low high long short small large early suggests something , which seems or
strongly oppose influence believe deny recommend support condemn suggest feel argue object collocates with , particularly verbs that relate to

  • I was bitterly disappointed when I failed the exam.
  • Professor McDellvit was always deeply committed to her students.
  • The restaurant was ridiculously expensive. I don’t think we’ll go there again.
  • I would strongly recommend that you learn a foreign language.
- Lesson 6: B. Absolutely, utterly - Lesson 6: Exercise 6.1


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