{"id":21727,"date":"2023-08-01T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=21727"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:20:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:20:49","slug":"what-does-the-phrase-awfully-good-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/what-does-the-phrase-awfully-good-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the phrase &#8220;awfully good&#8221; mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/16mvQ1PYcaQ?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a class=\"elementor-button rounded large green\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/everyday-english-speaking-course\/\"><strong>Learn to speak better English!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hey! I\u2019m doing a special series called \u201cask the teacher\u201d in August, featuring questions from real students like you! Our first one is this \u2013 what does the phrase \u201cawfully good\u201d mean?!<\/p>\n<p>Well &#8211; the adjective &#8220;awful&#8221; always means &#8220;very bad&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That was an <strong>awful<\/strong> restaurant = a very bad restaurant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the adverb &#8220;awfully&#8221; means &#8220;very badly&#8221; when it comes after a verb:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She performed <strong>awfully<\/strong> on the test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But the adverb &#8220;awfully&#8221; just means &#8220;very&#8221; when it comes <em>before an adjective: <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s <strong>awfully good<\/strong> to see you = It\u2019s very good to see you.<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;re <strong>awfully excited<\/strong> to travel. = They\u2019re very excited to travel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Got it? 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