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Those shoes are bad for her feet. ☊ bad ☊
Weather like this is bad for business. ☊ bad ☊
Too much work is bad for your health. ☊ bad ☊
Have you been a bad boy? ☊ bad ☊
The hero gets to shoot all the bad guys. ☊ bad ☊
He said I must have done something bad to deserve it. ☊ bad ☊
I know that this is a bad time to ask for help. ☊ bad ☊
He now realized that it had been a bad decision on his part. ☊ bad ☊
You're heading for a bad attack of sunburn. ☊ bad ☊
The engagement was a bad mistake. ☊ bad ☊
My headache is getting worse. ☊ bad ☊
a bad teacher ☊ bad ☊
You're a bad liar! ☊ bad ☊
He's a bad loser (= he complains when he loses a game). ☊ bad ☊
She is so bad at keeping secrets. ☊ bad ☊
bad conditions/driving ☊ bad ☊
a bad copy/diet ☊ bad ☊
I thought it was a very bad article. ☊ bad ☊
This isn't as bad as I thought. ☊ bad ☊
That's not a bad idea. ☊ bad ☊
bad news/weather/dreams/habits ☊ bad ☊
I'm having a really bad day. ☊ bad ☊
It was the worst experience of her life. ☊ bad ☊
Smoking gives you bad breath. ☊ bad ☊
Things are bad enough without our own guns shelling us. ☊ bad ☊
If sometimes they're the wrong decisions, too bad. ☊ too bad ☊
Too bad every day can't be as good as this. ☊ too bad ☊
'How are you?' 'Not too bad.' ☊ not bad ☊
That wasn't bad for a first attempt. ☊ not bad ☊
to play/sing badly ☊ badly ☊
badly designed/organized ☊ badly ☊
Things have been going badly. ☊ badly ☊
I did badly (= was not successful) in my exams. ☊ badly ☊
to behave/sleep badly ☊ badly ☊
badly paid/treated ☊ badly ☊
The kids took the dog's death very badly (= they were very unhappy). ☊ badly ☊
The economic crisis reflects badly on the government's policies. ☊ badly ☊
She's only trying to help, so don't think badly of her. ☊ badly ☊
The building is badly in need of repair. ☊ badly ☊
They wanted to win so badly. ☊ badly ☊
I miss her badly. ☊ badly ☊
badly damaged/injured/hurt ☊ badly ☊
The country has been badly affected by recession. ☊ badly ☊
Everything's gone badly wrong! ☊ badly ☊
She gets very bad-tempered when she's tired. ☊ bad-tempered ☊
He sat in bad-tempered silence. ☊ bad-tempered ☊
Families will be better off under the new law (= will have more money). ☊ be well/better/badly, etc. off ☊
They are both comfortably off (= have enough money to be able to buy what they want without worrying too much about the cost). ☊ be well/better/badly, etc. off ☊
The house is not in good repair. ☊ in good, bad, etc. repair, in a good, bad, etc. state of repair ☊