{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68bffc4cf5c5afe5c257bd22/6a89ed7454f87b887651958d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Stop Saying “Very Bad”: Awful, Dreadful or Appalling?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68bffc4cf5c5afe5c257bd22/975e6852-5f64-4378-b103-707843577acc.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><a href=\"https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/124-stop-saying-very-bad-awful-dreadful-or-appalling/\">https://yourenglishtoolbox.com/episodes/124-stop-saying-very-bad-awful-dreadful-or-appalling/</a></p>\r\n<p>This podcast is the result of a genuine human creative process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative structure, and pedagogical direction is designed, written, and carefully curated by real people who are deeply committed to making English learning a human, meaningful experience. Artificial intelligence plays a supporting role in two specific areas: it assists in the refinement and editing of scripts, and it powers the voice synthesis technology (ElevenLabs) that brings our hosts to life with exceptional phonetic clarity and natural pacing — qualities that are especially valuable for language learners. The result is a podcast where human intelligence leads, and AI serves. Every word was thought by a person. Every lesson was designed for you.</p>\r\n<p>Awful, dreadful and appalling can all replace “very bad”, but they do not always communicate the same kind of criticism.</p>\r\n<p>In this short conversational Slow English episode, Martin and Julia compare three powerful adjectives. You will learn when awful is the natural broad choice, how dreadful emphasises an unpleasant or distressing experience, and why appalling expresses shock and strong disapproval.</p>\r\n<p>The lesson includes natural collocations, common contexts and an active-recall challenge to help you choose the right word.</p>\r\n<p>Level: B1–B2 Focus: vocabulary · precision · collocations · register Format: approximately six minutes of conversational Slow English</p>\r\n<p>Keywords: alternatives to very bad, awful meaning, dreadful meaning, appalling meaning, strong English adjectives, intermediate English vocabulary, English collocations, slow English podcast</p>\r\n<p>#EnglishVocabulary #SlowEnglishPodcast #LearnEnglish #EnglishListeningPractice #YourEnglishToolbox</p>\r\n<p>💬 Describe one bad experience using awful, dreadful or appalling.</p>","author_name":"YOUR ENGLISH TOOLBOX"}