Strong adjectives
Summary
Hosts Rob and Catherine explain strong adjectives, which inherently mean "very" and typically avoid standard intensifiers like "quite." They demonstrate how to use special intensifiers such as "absolutely" to emphasize words like "terrible" or "starving." The episode features a short story about a disappointing dinner, a quiz to test comprehension, and a tip on using mental imagery to retain new vocabulary.
Topics discussed
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Promo: The Haunted Library podcast
Promo: Learning English Grammar podcast
Introduction to 6 Minute Vocabulary episode
Listening exercise: Tom's evening out story
Explaining intensifiers and ordinary adjectives
Defining strong adjectives and examples
Using special intensifiers with strong adjectives
Identifying 'absolutely starving' in the clip
Quiz and vocabulary tip on visualization
Outro and Haunted Library promo
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