{"id":13243,"date":"2026-02-25T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=13243"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:43:34","slug":"collocations-softening-adverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/13243","title":{"rendered":"Collocations: softening adverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"29\" data-end=\"184\"><strong data-start=\"29\" data-end=\"80\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13244\" src=\"http:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-16-2026-08_42_17-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-16-2026-08_42_17-PM.png 1536w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-16-2026-08_42_17-PM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-16-2026-08_42_17-PM-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-16-2026-08_42_17-PM-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Image-Feb-16-2026-08_42_17-PM-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>slightly different from (\u043d\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043e\u0442)<\/strong><br data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"83\" \/><em>This version is slightly different from the original. (\u042d\u0442\u0430 \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u044f \u043d\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043e\u0442 \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0430.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"307\"><strong data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"226\">mildly surprised (\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0430 \u0443\u0434\u0438\u0432\u043b\u0451\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439)<\/strong><br data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"229\" \/><em>I was mildly surprised by his reaction. (\u042f \u0431\u044b\u043b \u0441\u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0430 \u0443\u0434\u0438\u0432\u043b\u0451\u043d \u0435\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0435\u0430\u043a\u0446\u0438\u0435\u0439.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"457\"><strong data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"359\">loosely based on (\u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043b\u0438\u0448\u044c \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e \u043d\u0430)<\/strong><br data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"362\" \/><em>The film is loosely based on a true story. (\u0424\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043c \u043b\u0438\u0448\u044c \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d \u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0435\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0438.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"459\" data-end=\"581\"><strong data-start=\"459\" data-end=\"498\">faintly ridiculous (\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043f\u044b\u0439)<\/strong><br data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"501\" \/><em>His excuse sounded faintly ridiculous. (\u0415\u0433\u043e \u043e\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0437\u0432\u0443\u0447\u0430\u043b\u043e \u0441\u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043f\u043e.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>slightly different from (\u043d\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043e\u0442)This version is slightly different from the original. (\u042d\u0442\u0430 \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u044f \u043d\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043e\u0442 \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0430.) mildly surprised (\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0430 \u0443\u0434\u0438\u0432\u043b\u0451\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439)I was mildly surprised by his reaction. (\u042f \u0431\u044b\u043b \u0441\u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0430 \u0443\u0434\u0438\u0432\u043b\u0451\u043d \u0435\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0435\u0430\u043a\u0446\u0438\u0435\u0439.) loosely based on (\u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043b\u0438\u0448\u044c &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/13243\">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-13243","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\/13243","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=13243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13245,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13243\/revisions\/13245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}