pretty

hübsch, schön

Angenehm anzusehen, oft auf eine zarte oder anmutige Art.

In einfachem Englisch: Pleasant to look at, often in a gentle or delicate way.

• That is a pretty dress.
• The village looked pretty in the snow.
• She chose the prettiest flowers for the table.

Synonyme: attractive, lovely, beautiful

Gegenteile: ugly

Häufige Wendungen: pretty face, pretty dress, pretty flowers, pretty woman

ziemlich, recht

In einem recht hohen Maß, aber möglicherweise nicht ganz oder nicht völlig.

In einfachem Englisch: To quite a large degree, though perhaps not completely.

• The test was pretty easy.
• I am pretty sure we have met before.
• She speaks English pretty well.

So benutzt man es: pretty + adjective/adverb (The instructions are pretty clear.)

Synonyme: quite, fairly, rather

Häufige Wendungen: pretty good, pretty sure, pretty well

sehr, wirklich

In einem sehr hohen Maß oder besonders stark.

In einfachem Englisch: To a very great degree.

• That noise was pretty awful.
• He was pretty furious when he saw the damage.
• You have done something pretty extraordinary.

So benutzt man es: pretty + adjective/adverb (That was pretty amazing.)

Synonyme: very, really, extremely

Häufige Wendungen: pretty amazing, pretty awful, pretty impressive

Schmuckstück

Ein hübscher Gegenstand, meist klein, den jemand mag oder sammelt.

In einfachem Englisch: An attractive object, especially a small one that someone likes or collects.

• She picked up a shiny pretty.
• He keeps his pretties in a glass box.
• Which little pretty caught your eye?

Synonyme: trinket, ornament

Häufige Wendungen: a pretty, little pretty