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    Awesome used to mean awe-inspiring, so something that's awesome makes you feel great respect and admiration. Thanks to the influence of American slang, the word can now be used to describe almost anything.

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    Awesome used to mean awe-inspiring, so something that's awesome makes you feel great respect and admiration. Thanks to the influence of American slang, the word can now be used to describe almost anything.

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    BBC Learning English The English We Speak 8 March 2011 Awesome

    William: Yang Li: William: Yang Li: William: Yang Li: William: Yang Li: William: Yang Li: William: Example This party is awesome. The food is amazing. The wine is excellent. Yang Li: William: Yang Li: William: Awesome, amazing and excellent. That's right. Awesome means excellent or amazing. Awesome. This word has existed in English for a long time, hasn't it? Yes, and it used to mean awe-inspiring. So awe means great respect or admiration, so something thats awesome or awe-inspiring makes you feel great respect and admiration. Full of respect and admiration. But now it just means cool? Hello, and welcome to the English We Speak, I'm William. And I'm Yang Li And your task, Yang Li, is to guess today's word, ok? OK. Awesome. Li, try some of this cake A cake? Oh, thanks! That's very nice Do you like it? Awesome. They're pretty awesome cakes, huh?! Yes, and I think I know what this week's word is. It's Hang on Li, try some of this coffee as well it's really Awesome? Exactly - it's really awesome. You got it. So listen to this. Which three adjectives are used in this clip?

    Yang Li:

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    William:

    Exactly, and thats thanks to the influence of American slang. So the word can now be used to describe almost anything.

    Examples These shoes are awesome. This is an awesome radio programme. Wow! You are awesome at singing, mate! William: Example A: Are you free to come for hotpot tonight? B: Yes, I should be. A: Awesome. That makes four of us! William: Yang Li: William: Yang Li: William: Yang Li: William: Yang Li: William: So what does awesome mean in that clip, Li? It's like when we say 'great' at the beginning of a sentence. Well, that's it, yeah, exactly. Awesome can also be used at the beginning of a sentence to indicate agreement or approval. Awesome! That's clear now. Awesome. And that's the end of this awesome programme. William, do you have any cakes left? Er, just one. Do you want to share it, Li? Awesome. Bye. Bye. And there is one slightly different usage of this word. Listen to this.

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