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phonenew
My summer was pretty lousy.
From this sentence, lousy means very bad, right?
Thank you. :)
11 lug 2021 05:54
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You are correct. Nowadays, "lousy" almost never refers to actual lice. In your sentence, "pretty" is a mostly colloquial American term meaning "rather".
11 luglio 2021
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Lousy generally is used to mean bad. You will occasionally encounter the phrase "lousy with sth".
That means there is a lot of something (usually bad), like an infestation.
Ex: "The time I visited, Prague was lousy with drunken tourists."
11 luglio 2021
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Yes, you are correct.
11 luglio 2021
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phonenew
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Inglese, Tailandese
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Inglese
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