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• It is a fairly easy question.
Itu pertanyaan yang agak mudah.
• His speech was fairly well received.
Pidatonya diterima cukup baik.
• Renaldo is rather stupid.
Renaldo agak bodoh.
• They walk rather slow.
Mereka berjalan agak lambat.
• The question paper was rather difficult.
Lembaran pertanyaannya agak sulit.
• She was fairly relaxed.
Dia agak santai.
• She was rather tense.
Dia agak tegang.
• A fairly interesting film.
Sebuah film yang agak menarik.
• A rather boring book.
Sebuah buku yang agak membosankan.

Catatan:
Kata “fairly” digunakan untuk pengertian positif sedangkan kata
“rather” untuk pengertian negatif.

c. Kata “only” diletakkan di awal, tengah, dan akhir kalimat, misalnya:
• Only we saw them yesterday.
Hanya kami yang melihat mereka kemarin.
• We only saw them yesterday.
Kami hanya melhat mereka kemarin.
• We saw only them yesterday.
Kami melihat hanya mereka kemain.
• We saw them only yesterday.
Kami melihat mereka hanya kemarin.
• We saw them yesterday only.
Kami melihat mereka kemarin saja.

d. Kata “enough” harus diletakkan setelah kata sifat dan kata
keterangan, misalnya:
• Rafael is handsome enough.
Rafael cukup tampan.
• The story is short enough.
Cerita itu cukup singkat.
• Bill speaks politely enough.
Bill berbicara dengan cukup sopan.
• Roland wrote the sentence clearly enough.
Roland menulis kalimat itu dengan cukup jelas.

954 Dr. H. Pauzan, S.Pd, S.IPI, M.Hum, M.Pd.