Quite, very, and really

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So, in this conversation about school,

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we used words like 'quite', 'very' and 'really'.

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'Quite good' means 'a little bit good'.

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'Very good' and 'really good' mean 'a lot'.

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So, for example, Neil, I quite like history, but you really like history.

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You liked it a lot at school, whereas I liked it a bit.

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So, did you not like maths because you weren't very good at it?

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Erm, yes, I think. I was really bad at maths,

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and I didn't like it because I found it very hard.

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How about you?

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Erm, I quite liked maths.

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I don't think there was a subject that I didn't really like.

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So, Beth, it sounds like you were good at everything at school and worked hard.

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So, do you think you were a nerd?

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Well, a 'nerd' is 'an informal word for somebody who is very good at school'.

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So, was I a nerd? Well, I did enjoy school, and I worked hard.

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And one time my friend and I asked our teacher

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why we hadn't been given full marks for a presentation