I'm afraid the news isn't good
A2CEFR level
8/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister
A gentle, direct opener used to introduce a serious or unwelcome diagnosis to a patient.
I sat down, held her gaze, and said, 'I'm afraid the news isn't good.'
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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