私たちはしばしばいくつかを使用します 態度や視点を示すための短い応答として話す副詞:

A:

You know DVDs? Can you record onto them?

B:

Absolutely に。

A:

Dr Kahn is very nice. He’s very interested in his patients ます。

B:

Oh, do you think so?

A:

Definitely に。

A:

There might be a film on at 2 pm that we could watch 。

B:

Yeah 、 probably 。

A:

Mandy isn’t going because she just doesn’t like Rick 。

B:

Exactly 。

A:

Maybe she bought two of the same sweaters in case something happened to one .

B:

Yeah 、 possibly 。

A:

It should be called ‘English Test’ not ‘Test of English’ です。

B:

Precisely 。

私たちはしばしば、このように「 no -answer」を柔らかくするために not really を使用します。

A:

Do you not like chocolate?

B:

No 、そうではあり not really 。