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Welcome to BBC Learning English.
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I'm Sam and today I'm happy.
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In fact, I'm very happy.
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I'm really happy.
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Thrilled!
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I'm really thrilled!
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I'm absolutely thrilled!
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My happiness keeps getting bigger and bigger.
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I started with the word 'happy'.
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'Happy' is a gradable adjective, so I can be happy – here.
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Quite happy – here.
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Very or really happy – here.
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What's another way to say 'very' or 'really happy'?
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Thrilled!
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'Thrilled' is not a gradable adjective.
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It's an extreme adjective.
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It's already up here.
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So, can we make it stronger?
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Yes!
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You can use 'really'. I'm really thrilled.
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Or 'absolutely'. I'm absolutely thrilled.
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But you can't use 'very'.