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Hi Ivanov,
You're dead right means: You're absolutely right. I'm dead certain means: I'm absolutely/totally certain.
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:53 am What does dead mean? |
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| the why not fully right ??? |
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Jul 01, 2009 21:25 pm What does dead mean? |
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| Is that idiom? |
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:19 am What does dead mean? |
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| It's not an Idiom and "dead" has the meaning "complete". |
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:29 am What does dead mean? |
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No, 'dead' in this context does not mean 'complete' but as Alan has already explained it means 'absolutely/totally' or maybe 'completely'.
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Jan 19, 2010 22:07 pm What does dead mean? |
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hi,
But why isn't "fully right?"
It's like "completely" an adverb! and also means "completely"(the meaning of "fully" is taken from "Oxford Advanced learner's dictionary of current English"
by "AS Hornby"
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| #8 (permalink) Wed Jan 20, 2010 14:31 pm What does dead mean? |
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| Can we also say I'm dead serious, or maybe I'm deadly serious? |
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| #9 (permalink) Sun Jul 11, 2010 15:24 pm What does dead mean? |
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Dear Torsten,
Can we use dead instead of absolutely in other sentences like that Ivana's example?
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| #10 (permalink) Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:15 pm What does dead mean? |
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| Ivana Tomasevic wrote: |
| Can we also say I'm dead serious, or maybe I'm deadly serious? |
I'm dead serious is ok.
The other one makes little sense without further context.
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| #11 (permalink) Tue Jul 05, 2011 21:40 pm What does dead mean? |
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Hello English Teacher,
In my Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary there are:
1.fully=completely
-She had fully recovered from the accident.
-We are fully aware of the dangers.
-I fully understand your motives
2.(used to emphasize an amount) the whole of; as much as
-The deasese affects fully 30 per cent of the population.
I think dead right is a collocation, I heard it but I forgot so I wrote fully, me also.
Surely I will use it.
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