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In the author's view the last episode of Lost was not very good.
It had promised a great many answers to the mysterious storylines that made up the script, but it was disappointing.
If something is a 'let down' it means it wasn't as good as it was expected to be.
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:54 am utter let down |
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Hi Eugene,
Just to add: 'complete and utter' is an expression meaning 'total' or '100%'. A complete and utter disaster = a total disaster.
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Oct 21, 2011 13:00 pm utter let down |
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Hello,
Can I say that you are complet and utter right.(?)
Regards.
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Oct 21, 2011 13:02 pm utter let down |
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Thank you, Beees.
Perhaps wise of me to not have seen/read it then. |
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Oct 21, 2011 13:14 pm utter let down |
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Thank you for the complement to Beees's reply, Alan.
Really, I felt a bit confused trying to accept 'utter' as a verb. 'Complete and utter' is being transfered to my wordstock awaiting for the proper case to be used.
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Oct 21, 2011 13:37 pm utter let down |
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Hi Eugene,
Let's just make a summary of that. 'Complete' is an adjective and can also be a verb. 'Completely' is an adverb.
Now that I have bought the last book, I have a complete (all of them) set of these novels.
I have completed (answered all the questions) my test.
I completely (fully understand) understand.
'Utter' can be an adjective and a verb. 'Utterly' is an adverb.
It was utter (total) stupidity (totally stupid) to commit an act like that.
I didn't like to speak at the meeting and didn't utter (say) a single word.
I was utterly (completetly) amazed at the work they had done.
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| #8 (permalink) Fri Oct 21, 2011 13:56 pm utter let down |
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I really appreciate the string of examples you've kindly shared with all of us, Alan. Nice to have had teachers like you.
Thanks again.
Eugene. |
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| #9 (permalink) Fri Oct 21, 2011 22:48 pm utter as a prefix |
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| Alan wrote: |
Hi Eugene,
Let's just make a summary of that. 'Complete' is an adjective and can also be a verb. 'Completely' is an adverb.
Now that I have bought the last book, I have a complete (all of them) set of these novels.
I have completed (answered all the questions) my test.
I completely (fully understand) understand.
'Utter' can be an adjective and a verb. 'Utterly' is an adverb.
It was utter (total) stupidity (totally stupid) to commit an act like that.
I didn't like to speak at the meeting and didn't utter (say) a single word.
I was utterly (completetly) amazed at the work they had done.
Alan |
Just to add to that, you might see it as a prefix as in uttermost or in its short form, utmost.
ut-, utter- out, outer, exterior, external, extreme, last |
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