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Messier42 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Dodgy
‘This umbrella is so dodgy! I should have bought a more expensive one!’
‘He looks like a dodgy guy. I think you should stay away from him…’
‘That rollercoaster is clearly dodgy! Don't ride it!’
‘At times, the English exam yesterday was a bit dodgy. Still, I think I can pass.’
Do you use "dodgy" in American English? If not, which words do you use instead for the sentences above?
‘He looks like a dodgy guy. I think you should stay away from him…’
‘That rollercoaster is clearly dodgy! Don't ride it!’
‘At times, the English exam yesterday was a bit dodgy. Still, I think I can pass.’
Do you use "dodgy" in American English? If not, which words do you use instead for the sentences above?
Top answer
In British English, 'dodgy' suggests there are problems that include some sense of risk. Your examples seem fine to me, except for #1. I don't see how an umbrella really involves a degree of risk.
- In British English, 'dodgy' suggests there are problems that include some sense of risk.
- Your examples seem fine to me, except for #1.
- I don't see how an umbrella really involves a degree of risk.
- Clive
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In British English, 'dodgy' suggests there are problems that include some sense of risk.
Your examples seem fine to me, except for #1. I don't see how an umbrella really involves a degree of risk.
Clive
Your examples seem fine to me, except for #1. I don't see how an umbrella really involves a degree of risk.
Clive
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How would you say it if the umbrella quality is bad? The umbrella is flimsy? Sloppy? Are these two word good to mean it?
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The 'risk' may simply be of being unreliable or untrustworthy. A dodgy umbrella may have one or two broken ribs, suggesting that more may break, or that it won't stand up to a strong wind, ir that it may not keep off the rain effectively..
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