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Слишком 🆚️ Чересчур 🔢Слишком (adverb) [slish-kam] Too, overly, excessively 🔻It indicates that something exceeds a desirable or appropriate limit, but often in a neutral / general sense. 🔻It can be used with adjectives, adverbs, and verbs: • Это слишком дорого! It's too expensive. (слишком + short adjective) • Ты слишком быстро говоришь. You speak too fast. (слишком + adverb + verb) • Он слишком много работает. He works too much. (слишком + quantity много/мало + verb) 🔢Чересчур (adverb) [chi-ris-chur] Excessively, overly, beyond measure, too much (with emphasis). 🔻Чересчур carries a stronger, more emphatic meaning than слишком. It often implies that something is unacceptably excessive, goes beyond what's reasonable, or even sounds a bit disapproving or critical! 🔻It's less common in everyday, neutral contexts than слишком and often adds a touch of emotionality: • Его реакция была чересчур бурной. His reaction was excessively passionate. (Чересчур + adjective) • Это уже чересчур! That's too much! /That's outrageous! (Often used as an exclamation of exasperation.) • Чересчур громко! (Чересчур + adverb) Excessively loud! 💢Though being synonyms: Слишком is general excess. Чересчур has a more intense, often critical too much – beyond acceptable limits. ▶️Слишком рано! 🎧🗣👇Make up your own examples with both words! #tricky_words #adverbs 😎RCR | Support | Boost