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 mermaidblue

link 28.04.2013 17:29 
Subject: modifiers gen.
Вычеркните неверную форму. Но где-то могут быть верными обе формы.
1. It's very cold./ It's very freezing.
2. It's really windy./ It's incredibly windy.
3. It's really boiling today. / It's incredibly boiling today.
4. I was absolutely frightened./ I was absolutely terrified.

 lisulya

link 28.04.2013 17:39 
правильные формы

1. It's very cold.
2. It's really windy./ It's incredibly windy.
3. --
4. I was absolutely terrified.

 mermaidblue

link 28.04.2013 19:10 
почему нельзя сказать I was absolutely frightened

 lisulya

link 28.04.2013 20:39 
не знаю... просто не говорят так

 mermaidblue

link 1.05.2013 10:26 
It's really boiling today. / It's incredibly boiling today. а эти оба варианта возможны?

 Aiduza

link 1.05.2013 11:01 
скорее скажут не "boiling", а "baking".
e.g.
It's baking hot today.

 lisulya

link 1.05.2013 16:49 
Обычно говорят просто "It's boiling today" Поскольку после закипания вода не переходит в более кипящее состояние, то и в переносном смыле really boiling или incredibly boiling -- масло масляное.

 mermaidblue

link 4.05.2013 11:11 
thanks a lot!

 

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