Quiz: "downbeat" or "downright"?
11.12.2008
The correct answer is: downbeat
“President-elect Barack Obama is decidedly downbeat about the economy."
When someone is "downbeat" about something, that person is pessimistic.
downbeat = pessimistisch
We can use "downright" as an adverb to describe an adjective. It means "extremely".
"He was downright nasty to Sylvia. Why doesn't he like her?"
"It's a downright disgrace how they fired him."
downright = völlig
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“John went ____ to please his boss, but he still lost his job when the firm started having financial problems.”
entschieden, deutlich
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