{"id":13240,"date":"2026-02-18T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=13240"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:47:00","slug":"collocations-intensifying-adverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/13240","title":{"rendered":"Collocations: intensifying adverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"192\"><strong data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"73\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13241\" src=\"http:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-16-2026-06_46_15-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-16-2026-06_46_15-PM.png 1536w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-16-2026-06_46_15-PM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-16-2026-06_46_15-PM-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-16-2026-06_46_15-PM-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-16-2026-06_46_15-PM-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>spotlessly clean (\u0431\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0447\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0439)<\/strong><br data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"76\" \/><em>The kitchen was spotlessly clean after she finished. (\u041a\u0443\u0445\u043d\u044f \u0431\u044b\u043b\u0430 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0447\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043e\u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0438\u043b\u0430.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"301\"><strong data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"232\">downright rude (\u043e\u0442\u043a\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0431\u044b\u0439)<\/strong><br data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"235\" \/><em>His reply was downright rude. (\u0415\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0442 \u0431\u044b\u043b \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0431\u044b\u043c.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"442\"><strong data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"348\">thoroughly ashamed (\u0433\u043b\u0443\u0431\u043e\u043a\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439)<\/strong><br data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"351\" \/><em>He felt thoroughly ashamed of his behaviour. (\u041e\u043d \u0431\u044b\u043b \u0433\u043b\u0443\u0431\u043e\u043a\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0436\u0435\u043d \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0438\u043c \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"579\"><strong data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"488\">blatantly obvious (\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0447\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439)<\/strong><br data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"491\" \/><em>It was blatantly obvious that she was lying. (\u0411\u044b\u043b\u043e \u0441\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0447\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0434\u043d\u043e, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043e\u043d\u0430 \u043b\u0436\u0451\u0442.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"709\"><strong data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"620\">stinking rich (\u0431\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e \u0431\u043e\u0433\u0430\u0442\u044b\u0439)<\/strong><br data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"623\" \/><em>After the deal, he became stinking rich. (\u041f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u0441\u0434\u0435\u043b\u043a\u0438 \u043e\u043d \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b \u0431\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e \u0431\u043e\u0433\u0430\u0442\u044b\u043c.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"848\"><strong data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"757\">wildly exaggerated (\u0441\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0443\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439)<\/strong><br data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"760\" \/><em>The story was wildly exaggerated by the media. (\u0418\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u044f \u0431\u044b\u043b\u0430 \u0441\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0443\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u0421\u041c\u0418.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"850\" data-end=\"931\"><strong data-start=\"850\" data-end=\"878\">dead easy (\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u0438\u0439)<\/strong><br data-start=\"878\" data-end=\"881\" \/><em>The test was dead easy. (\u0422\u0435\u0441\u0442 \u0431\u044b\u043b \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043b\u0451\u0433\u043a\u0438\u043c.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"933\" data-end=\"1065\"><strong data-start=\"933\" data-end=\"976\">wildly inaccurate (\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u044b\u0439)<\/strong><br data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"979\" \/><em>The report turned out to be wildly inaccurate. (\u041e\u0442\u0447\u0451\u0442 \u043e\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0441\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u044b\u043c.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>spotlessly clean (\u0431\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0447\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0439)The kitchen was spotlessly clean after she finished. (\u041a\u0443\u0445\u043d\u044f \u0431\u044b\u043b\u0430 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0447\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043e\u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0438\u043b\u0430.) downright rude (\u043e\u0442\u043a\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0431\u044b\u0439)His reply was downright rude. (\u0415\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0442 \u0431\u044b\u043b \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0431\u044b\u043c.) thoroughly ashamed (\u0433\u043b\u0443\u0431\u043e\u043a\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439)He felt thoroughly ashamed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/13240\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1263],"tags":[1266,1328],"class_list":["post-13240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collocations","tag-a2","tag-adverb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13242,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13240\/revisions\/13242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}