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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Impressive
'Impressive' means 'admiraable' so what does 'I'm impressed mean'? Does it mean 'I'm 'admired?!
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Impressive (adj): Having a strong favourable effect on somebody; gaining somebody's admiration and respect, especially because of size, beauty or importance. Admirable (adj): Deserving or causing admiration. I am impressed means I am impressed by something or somebody, that thing/that body is so impressive that they can make me impressed on them (I respect them).
- Impressive (adj): Having a strong favourable effect on somebody; gaining somebody's admiration and respect, especially because of size, beauty or importance.
- Admirable (adj): Deserving or causing admiration.
- I am impressed means I am impressed by something or somebody, that thing/that body is so impressive that they can make me impressed on them (I respect them).
- I am admired means I am admired by somebody, I am admirable so they admire me (They respect me).
- So it seems like they are a little different from each other, although both of those two sentences are passive form.
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Impressive (adj): Having a strong favourable effect on somebody; gaining somebody's admiration and respect, especially because of size, beauty or importance.
Admirable (adj): Deserving or causing admiration.
I am impressed means I am impressed by something or somebody, that thing/that body is so impressive that they can make me impressed on them (I respect them).
Admirable (adj): Deserving or causing admiration.
I am impressed means I am impressed by something or somebody, that thing/that body is so impressive that they can make me impressed on them (I respect them).
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