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seriously
Adverb
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You use seriously to ask if something is true.
"I got up at 4:00 this morning." "Seriously?"
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If you take something seriously, you believe it.
It's hard to take him seriously, when he's always laughing.
damage
Noun
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If something has some damage, there is something broken or hurt.
Their car hit a truck, but luckily there was very little damage to the car.
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Money that someone has to pay someone else because something was damaged or someone was hurt.
The reason his car hit another car was that he did something wrong, so he had to pay damages to the owner of the other car.
damage
Verb
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If you damage something, you break or hurt it.
All those cigarettes have damaged her health.
The factory has caused significant damage to the local environment.