OVERUSE OF VERY (OVERGEBRUIK VAN VERY)
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Het woord very wordt in het Engels veel te vaak gebruikt door Nederlanders. Probeer in het dagelijks gebruik de woorden uit de linker kolom te vervangen door die in de rechter.
| very accurate | exact |
| very afraid | fearful |
| very angry | furious |
| very annoying | exasperating |
| very bad | awful |
| very beautiful | gorgeous |
| very big | massive |
| very boring | dull |
| very bright | luminous |
| very busy | swamped |
| very calm | serene |
| very careful | cautious |
| very cheap | stingy |
| very clean | spotless |
| very clear | obvious |
| very clever | intelligent |
| very cold | freezing |
| very colourful | vibrant |
| very competitive | cutthroat |
| very complete | comprehensive |
| very confused | perplexed |
| very conventional | conservative |
| very creative | innovative |
| very crowded | bustling |
| very cute | adorable |
| very dangerous | perilous |
| very dear | cherished |
| very deep | profound |
| very depressed | despondent |
| very detailed | meticulous |
| very different | disparate |
| very difficult | arduous |
| very dirty | filthy |
| very dry | arid |
| very dull | tedious |
| very eager | keen |
| very easy | effortless |
| very empty | desolate |
| very evil | wicked |
| very excited | thrilled |
| very exciting | exhilarating |
| very expensive | costly |
| very fancy | lavish |
| very fast | quick |
| very fat | obese |
| very fierce | ferocious |
| very friendly | amiable |
| very frightened | alarmed |
| very frightening | terrifying |
| very funny | hilarious |
| very glad | overjoyed |
| very good | excellent |
| very great | terrific |
| very happy | ecstatic |
| very hard | difficult |
| very hard-to-find | rare |
| very heavy | leaden |
| very high | soaring |
| very hot | sweltering |
| very huge | colossal |
| very hungry | starving |
| very hurt | battered |
| very important | crucial |
| very intelligent | brilliant |
| very interesting | captivating |
| very kind | compassionate |
| very large | huge |
| very lazy | indolent |
| very light | luminous |
| very little | tiny |
| very lively | animated |
| very long | extensive |
| very long-term | enduring |
| very loose | slack |
| very loud | deafening |
| very loved | adored |
| very lovely | adorable |
| very mean | cruel |
| very messy | slovenly |
| very neat | immaculate |
| very necessary | essential |
| very nervous | apprehensive |
| very nice | kind |
| very noisy | deafening |
| very often | frequently |
| very old | ancient |
| very old-fashioned | archaic |
| very open | transparent |
| very painful | excruciating |
| very pale | ashen |
| very perfect | flawless |
| very poor | destitute |
| very powerful | compelling |
| very pretty | beautiful |
| very quick | rapid |
| very quiet | hushed |
| very rainy | pouring |
| very rich | wealthy |
| very risky | perilous |
| very roomy | spacious |
| very rude | vulgar |
| very sad | sorrowful |
| very scared | petrified |
| very scary | chilling |
| very serious | grave |
| very sharp | keen |
| very shiny | gleaming |
| very short | brief |
| very shy | timid |
| very simple | basic |
| very skinny | skeletal |
| very sleepy | lethargic |
| very slow | sluggish |
| very small | petite |
| very smart | intelligent |
| very smelly | pungent |
| very smooth | sleek |
| very soft | downy |
| very sorry | apologetic |
| very special | exceptional |
| very strong | forceful |
| very stupid | idiotic |
| very sure | certain |
| very surprised | amazed |
| very sweet | thoughtful |
| very talented | gifted |
| very tall | towering |
| very tasty | delicious |
| very thin | slender |
| very thirsty | parched |
| very tight | constricting |
| very tiny | minuscule |
| very tired | exhausted |
| very ugly | hideous |
| very unhappy | miserable |
| very upset | distraught |
| very valuable | precious |
| very warm | hot |
| very weak | frail |
| very well-to-do | wealthy |
| very wet | soaked |
| very wicked | villainous |
| very wide | expansive |
| very willing | eager |
| very windy | blustery |
| very wise | sage |
| very worried | distressed |
Het is goed om te weten dat de woorden in de rechter kolom in de meeste gevallen al zó sterk zijn dat je daar ook geen very voor kunt gebruiken.
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