Describing dull people and things

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adjective

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and we often use it to describe people

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so a dull person

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for example my english teacher is so

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dull

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i can't stay awake in his class

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okay again that's not referring to me of

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course my videos are riveting my classes

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are riveting but

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um yeah so dull is often used to refer

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to a person

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of course dull is also an adjective to

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describe sort of

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low light a dull day is when there's no

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sun it's very cloudy

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but in this case we're referring to

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boring

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and the next adjective is a synonym of

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good very very good or excellent

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and it's outstanding so if something is

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outstanding

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it's so good that it stands out so it's

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noticeable

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that it's so good so we use it in quite

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an emphatic way

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for example i think you make an

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outstanding point

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so this could be in the part of the exam

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when you're discussing

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uh part three for example the diagram

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and you're trying to agree

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and take a decision um and rather than

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just say

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i think you make a good point you can

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really exaggerate why not

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just i think you make an outstanding

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point

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