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brutal ☊
thô bạo ☊
不屑一顾 → ☊
bu4xie4yi1gu4
to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom) ☊
Thô bạo ☊
→ → →
OXF3000:
thô bạo
rudely
like: thô bạo → →
Her voice was cool and dismissive. ☊ cool ☊
to make greatly/grossly/wildly exaggerated claims ☊ exaggerated ☊
a blunt/flat/curt refusal ☊ refusal ☊
He's had a really rough time recently (= he's had a lot of problems). ☊ rough ☊
We'll get someone in to do the rough work (= the hard physical work). ☊ rough ☊
'What do you want?' she demanded roughly. ☊ roughly ☊
They brushed rudely past us. ☊ rudely ☊
'What do you want?' she asked rudely. ☊ rudely ☊
He waved her rudely away. ☊ rudely ☊