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AEE: Is Your English Just So-So?
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indirect / nice/ diplomatic ways to express we are not impress in something .
diplomatic 外交的 有手腕的 灵活变通的 仿真的(副本)
Hot take 脱口而出的评论 为吸引注意的评论
1. it didn't/ doesn't do it for me.
2. just ok
This ... is delicious but the ... is just ok .
I have a just ok meal last night .
3. not my favorites ( the most diplomatic)
That book is not my favorites .
4. it could be better. ( little direct )
how's the suit ? oh it could be better .
5. just so-so ( less diplomatic)
The hotel is just so-so i am not sure i will stay there again .
6. mediocre 中等的 平庸的 普通的
I thought the play was only mediocre.
how do you like it ? /what do you think ?
just so-so
really i love it what do you eat
the fish
the fish is not my favorites you can try the pizza next time
ok i can do that but it's just ok.
yep it could be better i get it.
diplomatic 外交的 有手腕的 灵活变通的 仿真的(副本)
Hot take 脱口而出的评论 为吸引注意的评论
1. it didn't/ doesn't do it for me.
2. just ok
This ... is delicious but the ... is just ok .
I have a just ok meal last night .
3. not my favorites ( the most diplomatic)
That book is not my favorites .
4. it could be better. ( little direct )
how's the suit ? oh it could be better .
5. just so-so ( less diplomatic)
The hotel is just so-so i am not sure i will stay there again .
6. mediocre 中等的 平庸的 普通的
I thought the play was only mediocre.
how do you like it ? /what do you think ?
just so-so
really i love it what do you eat
the fish
the fish is not my favorites you can try the pizza next time
ok i can do that but it's just ok.
yep it could be better i get it.
1. It didn’t do it for me/ It doesn’t do it for me.
2. It’s just ok.
3. not my favorite(most diplomatic, not offend)
4. could be better(more directed)
5. so-so(It depends on whom you will talk to)
6. mediocre
Role play:
A: What did you think?(a new restaurant in our town)
B: I think it’s so-so.
A: Really? I loved it. What did you eat?
B: The fish.
A: Oh, yeah. The fish was not my favortie. You’d have tried the pizza next time.
B: Ok, I can do that, but it was really just ok.
A: Yeah, it could be better. I get it.