 Common English Collocations – Intensifying Adverbs from espressoenglish.net Collocations are combinations of words that typically go together. In this lesson, you'll learn common collocations with the intensifying adverbs bitterly, deeply, highly, ridiculously, and strongly. Use bitterly with strong negative emotion, bitterly disappointed, bitterly regret, bitterly resent, cry or complain bitterly. You can also say bitterly cold to describe weather that is extremely cold. Use deeply with emotions in general to emphasize that they are very strong. Deeply can be used with positive or negative emotions. Deeply appreciative, deeply ashamed, deeply concerned, deeply hurt, deeply moved, deeply offended. Use highly with probability words and others, highly unlikely, highly probable, highly effective, highly controversial, highly profitable, highly recommended. Use ridiculously when something is so extreme it's hard to believe. Ridiculously cheap, ridiculously easy, ridiculously long, ridiculously small. Use strongly with verbs related to having or expressing opinions or beliefs. Strongly believe, strongly deny, strongly oppose, strongly feel, strongly dislike, strongly support, strongly influence. Thanks for watching English Tips from espressoenglish. If you liked this video, please share it.