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Do you have a minute to spare to learn some English? Dan's here to tell us 5 things about the dead interesting word dead. Give us 60 seconds and we'll give you the English!

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Dead

Not living
Dead can mean 'not living'.

• Monkey? Monkey?! He's dead!
• After the traffic collision, six people were injured and two dead.

Numb
Dead can mean 'numb'. We often use this in combination with the verb 'go'.

• I slept on my arm and now it's gone dead!
• The ball gave me a dead leg when it hit me. I can't walk!

Power
In the context of batteries and electronics, dead means 'out of power'.

• Oh no! The battery's dead.
• There's nothing in that drawer except for dead batteries.

Very
In informal British English, dead can mean 'very'.

• This English In A Minute is dead interesting.
• Never talk to a ghost - they're dead boring.

Exactly
In the context of directions and time, dead can mean 'exactly'.

• The post office is dead ahead.
• We should arrive dead on time.

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