Not half

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Originally Posted by blacknomi

not half UK INFORMAL
used in spoken English to express a positive statement more strongly:
It wasn't half crowded in the club last night (= It was very crowded).
She didn't half shout at him (= She shouted a lot at him)!
"You enjoyed yourself last night, didn't you?" "Not half (= Very much)!"
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...5303&dict=CALD

PammyLorel, your answer is much appreciated. As DictionaryCambridge, in my humble opinion, it's not less than 50% bad. What do you say? :wink:

AH, so-ga. "Not bad" is better than "pretty good". I have to de-fossilze the interlingual mistakes that have embeded chronically in my left hemisphere now. :)

I have one more question, how can I place order to extremely/pretty/totally/very/quite from greatest extent?

Extremely different.
Pretty different.
Totally different.
Very different.
Quite different.

:?:

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Totally different
Extremely different/Very different
Quite different/Pretty different

IMHO, there's not enough difference to fuss over.

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Originally Posted by Susie Smith

I have one more question, how can I place order to extremely/pretty/totally/very/quite from greatest extent?

Extremely different.
Pretty different.
Totally different.
Very different.
Quite different.



Totally different
Extremely different/Very different
Quite different/Pretty different

IMHO, there's not enough difference to fuss over.

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Thank you very much indeed. I think you are right, that is what I told to to "blacknomi" and my students, Don't fuss over English. Sometimes ESL/EFL learners need some rules to help understand, especially when you have adult students. :wink: