NANVEL

Synonyms

Short forms

Gonna - going to. Gotta - got to. Wanna - want to. Gimme - give me. Hafta - have to. Hasta - has to. Dunnon - don't know. Outta - out of. Kinda - kind of.

Making suggestions

It has just came to my mind ... Let's try ... What about ... How about ... Why don't we ... I suggest doing ... We could ...

Talking about interests

I am (not) interested in ... I am fond of ... I am keen of ... I am into ... I am indifferent to ... It is (not) to my liking I am (not) a big fan of ... I am (not) crazy about ...

I've [always] wanted to do. I've [always] dreamt of doing. I've [always] had interest in doing ...

My opinion

I (don't) think ... I suppose ... I believe ... I reckon ... I guess ... It seems to me ...

Consider

To consider ... To take into consideration ... To take into account ...

Important

Important Essential Vital

To accomplish

To accomplish To manage To succeed

To participate

To take part To participate

Irretable

Irretable He makes me nervous He drives me up the wall

To doubt

To doubt To hesitate

Recomendations

I advise doing ... I recommend ... I advise You to ... I recommend You to ... You should ... If I were You, I would ... It's a good idea to ... It's worth ... Why don't you ...

Accent

Make a point on ... Put an accent on ... Emphasize ...

Sure / not sure about

99%:

  • definetively
  • centainly

75%:

  • probably

50%:

  • possibly

My attitude

Like Love Hate Enjoy

Plans to do

What are you going to do? What are you planning to do? What is your plan for ...? What will you do? What do you intend to do? What have you done today?

I was supposed to do ... - очікувалось що я ... I meant to say - збирався сказати

Talking about something ...

The main good thing is ... Another positive moment ... One more advantage ... The best thing about ... One more benefit is ...

Talking about disadvantages ... Another drawback ... One more downside is ... A big minus is ... One thing I don't like ...

Another thing worth mentioning ...

I want to

I am willing to do. I am eager to do. I am reluctant to do.

Good / bad

Wonderful - very good. Awful, horrible - very bad. Horrified - шокований, жах. Terrific - приголомшливий.

Weird

Weird Bizzare Strange

Forbidden

Forbidden Prohibited

Sometimes

Sometimes From time to time Occasionally Once in a while Every now and then Now and again

Allow/disallow

You can do it. It is allowed. It is permitted.

You can't do it. It is prohibited. It is forbidden.

Surprised

Astonished == very surprised

Calm

Even-tempered - врівноважений Calm - спокійний

Furious

Furious - розлючений Enraged - розлючений

Characterizing things

attention-grabbing eye-catching catchy shocking effective persuasive (переконливий) witty sophisticated dull original exotic

A little, to much

a little louder the most worrying a lot higher a bit better a bit more much more confident much better / much faster slightly better less important significantly better noticeably less worse than far more

Rich

rich wealthy well-off

Get / give

to gain popularity to lose popularity

Intention

I intend to ... I am going to ... I would like to ...

Remote

Remote Far away Distant

Me too

I like something. Me too. So do I. I don't.

I don't like something. Me neither. Neither do I. I do.

Very

Very beautiful: gorgeous, stunning, ravishing. Very angry: furious, irate, incensed. Very loud: deafening, earsplitting, thunderous. Very tired: exhausted, fatigued, weary. Very happy: ecstatic, elated, euphoric. Very sad: despondent, depressed, crestfallen. Very confused: perplexed, confounded, baffled. Very big: massive, colossal, gigantic. Very small: tiny, minuscule, teeny. Very often: frequently Very old: ancient Very old-fashioned: archaic Very open: transparent Very painful: excruciating Very perfect: flawless

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