Dead

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

If something is 'dead good' is that a positive or negative thing?

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English we speak.
0:09.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:12.0	Hello. Hello and this is Fay Faye Faye Faye
0:21.8	Oh sorry Neil Faye Huh? Oh, sorry, Neil.
0:26.0	Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
0:28.0	Oh, well, I had a really late night last night,
0:32.0	so I'm dead tired today.
0:35.0	You're dead tired Fay Faye.
0:38.0	Are you dying?
0:40.0	That's awful. What have you got? Is it contagious?
0:43.8	Oh, Neil, don't be silly. I'm not sick or contagious or dying. I'm just really tired.
0:51.6	Ah, that's a relief.
0:53.0	But you said you were dead tired, but you're not dying.
0:58.0	Oh, really, Neil?
1:00.0	I think you're more tired than I am.
1:02.0	I said dead tired because I'm really tired.
1:07.0	So we can use dead toed to mean really or very.
1:11.0	That's right.
1:12.0	If you want to emphasise an adjective, you can use dead to make it stronger.
1:16.9	Well that's dead confusing.
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