I was kind of
disappointed with how they turned out, to be honest.
"Kind of" means
"a little" or "somewhat". People often use it in spoken
English:
It kind of took me by surprise.
You can use "kind
of" before an adjective ("kind of shy") or before a verb
("kind of took me by surprise").
Another phrase with a similar
meaning is "somewhat":
Most students find that
university courses are somewhat more difficult than the classes that they took
in high school.
"Somewhat" is
more formal. Use "kind of" for most situations and
"somewhat" when discussing academic topics or in writing.
The pronunciation of
"kind of" sounds like "kinda".
When you're sad because
something wasn't as good as you hoped or expected, you can say that you were
"disappointed":
I was disappointed because I
had hoped we'd get a chance to meet him.
We say we are “disappointed
with” something (not someone):
I was disappointed with the
new version.
And you can say that
you're "disappointed in" a person:
Remember that you use
"___ed" to talk about how you feel:
I was kind of disappointed.
And you use "___ing"
to give your opinion of something:
It (the movie) was kind of
disappointing.
Other words that work in this
way are:
· I was intimidated / It was intimidating
· I was surprised / It was surprising
Use this phrase when you're
not really sure that you should share an opinion, but you share it anyway:
To be honest, I don't really
agree with the direction the company is going in these days.
You can also include words
like "completely" and "perfectly":
To be completely honest... I
think that he's a creep and he's just using her for her money.
You can also put "to be
honest" at the end of a sentence:
I've never really liked action
movies, to be perfectly honest.
You use “turn out” to talk
about the finished result of something. “Turn out” suggests that, while
something was happening, you were unsure (and maybe concerned) about how it
would be in the end.
I didn’t have any eggs but it
turned out fine anyway!
Hey, how did your show turn
out?
The dye was red but it turned
out kind of orange.