{"id":6989,"date":"2019-04-30T13:05:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T17:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=6989"},"modified":"2019-04-30T13:05:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T17:05:56","slug":"words-to-use-instead-of-very-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/words-to-use-instead-of-very-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Words to use instead of &#8216;very&#8217; &#8211; Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Good afternoon to all readers! How have you been? In the previous post we went over some words in English that can be used instead of &#8216;very&#8217; to avoid its excessive use, in addition to diversifying and boosting your vocabulary. So here are a couple of more suggestions for you. Enjoy:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8279\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2019\/04\/blog.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"543\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>eager<\/strong> or <strong>thrilled<\/strong> instead of <strong>very excited\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The children were<em> eager<\/em> to meet Santa Claus at the mall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was absolutely <em>thrilled<\/em> when she found out that she was getting the scholarship.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>hilarious<\/strong> instead of <strong>very funny\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have you seen Seinfeld? People say it is the most<em> hilarious<\/em> TV show ever!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lindsay thought the joke was so <em>hilarious<\/em> she couldn\u2019t stop laughing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>huge<\/strong> instead of <strong>very big\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York is such a <em>huge<\/em> city that I often get lost.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The kids were amazed at how <em>huge<\/em> the elephants were at the zoo.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>tiny<\/strong> instead of <strong>very small\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although the rent was affordable, the apartment was too <em>tiny<\/em> for two people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People on the streets look so<em> tiny<\/em> from up here.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>awful<\/strong> instead of<strong> very bad<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The weather was <em>awful<\/em> during the trip. Endless rain, wind and too cold at night.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I accidentally added sugar instead of salt and the soup tasted <em>awful.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>wealthy<\/strong> instead of <strong>very rich\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Donald Trump has always been a <em>wealthy<\/em> man.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Only the <em>wealthy<\/em> travel first class.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>accomplished<\/strong> or <strong>gifted<\/strong> instead of <strong>very talented<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leonardo da Vinci was a very <em>accomplished<\/em> artist.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harvard University is the perfect place for <em>gifted<\/em> students.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>soaked<\/strong> instead of <strong>very wet\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I forgot my umbrella at home and now I\u2019m<em> soaked<\/em>!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t let the dog in right now! He\u2019s completely <em>soaked.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can you think of any other words to use instead of &#8216;very&#8217;? Let me know! Conseguem pensar em outras palavras que podem ser usadas ao inv\u00e9s de &#8216;very&#8217;? Comentem aqui!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"338\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/04\/blog-338x350.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/04\/blog-338x350.png 338w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/04\/blog.png 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><p>Good afternoon to all readers! How have you been? In the previous post we went over some words in English that can be used instead of &#8216;very&#8217; to avoid its excessive use, in addition to diversifying and boosting your vocabulary. So here are a couple of more suggestions for you. Enjoy: eager or thrilled instead&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/words-to-use-instead-of-very-part-ii\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":6991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[135370],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6989","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6990,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6989\/revisions\/6990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}