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adjective
(adjective) extremely interested in what someone has to say
Example Sentences:
A: Do you want to know why I broke up with my girlfriend?
B: Yeah, I’m all ears. Tell me
The employees were all ears while the boss was talking about who was going to get fired.
Wife: Are you listening to me?
Husband: Yes, I’m all ears.
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(adjective) relaxed and confident
Example Sentence:
On my first day of school, I was so nervous about everything. My friend was as cool as a cucumber!
She was as cool as a cucumber before her presentation because she was well-prepared.
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(adjective) awesome, great, very good
Example Sentences:
Wow, your new car is so badass! Can I take it out for a drive?
Maria’s new tattoos are badass. I love them!.
(adjective) very tired, exhausted
Example Sentence:
I have been working all day. I am so bagged!
A: Why aren’t you working?
B: I was up all night preparing for our presentation. Now, I’m bagged.
If you stay at the nightclub until 4 A.M you will be bagged the next day.
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(adjective) to continually try the impossible
(adjective slang) terrible, awful, bad
Example Sentence:
This coffee shop really blows. Let’s go to Blenz instead.
A: How is the movie?
B: It really blows. It’s the worst movie I’ve seen in awhile.
My new teacher blows at teaching grammar, but she’s really good with vocabulary.
Note:
blows is slang and should be used carefully
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(adjective) depressed
Example Sentence:
I’m sorry I’ve been so blue lately. I’m just upset because my girlfriend left me.
Anna is blue because her father just died.
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(adjective) extremely angry, frustrated, annoyed, embarrassed or upset
Example Sentences:
The young boy was blue in the face because his mother wouldn’t buy him an ice cream cone.
Daughter: I want to go on a date with Bobby!
Mom: You’re too young! You’re only 15 years old!
Daughter: I don’t care!!! I want to!!! You can’t stop me!!!!
Mom: You can shout till you’re blue in the face, but I’m not letting you go!
The boss was blue in the face because his employees were late.
I was blue in the face after accidentally seeing my mother-in-law naked.
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(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re bombed.
If you keep getting bombed before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were bombed during their late-night party.
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(adjective) barely acceptable, almost
Example Sentence:
Ten dollars for a bottle of water? That’s borderline criminal!
Your homework assignment is borderline, at best. I’d like you to do it again.
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(adjective) completely naked
Example Sentences:
The patient was forced to be buck-naked for his medical exam.
All of the people in the nudist colony enjoyed being buck-naked.
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(adjective) perfect, foolproof, unable to fail
Example Sentences:
I’m going to call my boss and pretend to be sick. Then you and I can go to the beach. He won’t see me there because he’ll be at work. It’s bulletproof!
The bank robbers thought they had a bulletproof plan until they were caught by the police.
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(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re buzzed.
If you keep getting buzzed before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were buzzed during their late-night party.
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(adjective) very unfriendly
Example Sentences:
The new teacher was unpopular because she was cold as ice. She should be more friendly.
A: How is your new boss?
B: He’s as cold as ice. He was unfriendly to everyone!
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(adjective) to be extremely disappointed
Example Sentences:
The teenage girl was crushed when her boyfriend ended their relationship.
A: What’s wrong, you look crushed?
B: I am. I lost my job today!
A: Oh man!
I was crushed when my best friend forgot my birthday.
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(adjective) very stupid
Example Sentences:
My new boyfriend is dead from the neck up, but he’s really handsome.
My co-workers don’t know how to do anything. They’re dead from the neck up. I can’t believe how dumb they are!
(adjective) unsafe, uncertain, questionable
Example Sentences:
A: Do you want to go to the restaurant in the bad part of town?
B: No, it’s kind of dodgy over there. Let’s go to McDonald’s instead.
The English student decided to choose a different tutor because she thought that Wayne was a bit dodgy.
We decided to call the police after a dodgy man was seen walking around our house. The cops told us he was trying to damage our car!
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(adjective) good, great, awesome
Example Sentences:
Pulp Fiction is a dope movie. It’s so great!
My English school is so dope, I love it!
What a dope song!
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(adjective) awesome, great, very good
Example Sentences:
Wow, your new car is so dynamite! Can I take it out for a drive?
Maria’s new tattoos are dynamite. I love them!.
She is a dynamite Hebrew teacher!
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(adjective) a very easy thing
Example Sentences:
That project was easy as pie. It only took me two hours!
The students asked their teacher for more homework, because their class was as easy as pie.
(adjective) changing frequently, choosy
Example Sentences:
Her boyfriend is such a fickle person. One moment he says he loves her, the next he wants to break up.
The fickle woman didn’t like the way her steak was cooked, so she demanded it be cooked again.
A: I love Bobby.
B: I thought you loved Mark.
A: That was last week. Now I love Bobby!
B: You are so fickle.
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(adjective) sexy, good looking
Example Sentence:
When you wear that dress, you look so fine!
My new boyfriend is so fine, you should meet him.
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(adjective) very fresh
Example Sentences:
After a 10 hour flight, Johnny took a shower and felt fresh as a daisy.
A: What do you do to feel fresh as a daisy?
B: I like to drink a cup of coffee
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(adjective) environmentally friendly, environmentally conscious
Example Sentences:
I recycle, I take the bus instead of driving, and I don’t waste. I’m a very green person.
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(adjective) extremely interesting
Example Sentence:
This book is gripping. I couldn’t stop reading it.
The movie No Country for Old Men was gripping. I was interested the whole time!
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(adjective) extremely drunk
Example Sentence:
You can’t drive home, you’re hammered.
If you keep getting hammered before work, you’re going to get fired!
The College students were hammered during their late-night party.
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