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bad

/bæd/ interjection C2
  1. Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet. (slang) · Bad! You know you're not allowed in the kitchen after dinner.
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“That was too bad,” said Dorothy, “but really I think we were lucky in not doing these little people more harm than breaking a cow’s leg and a church.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 133 · B2
“It is certainly too bad!” said the tender-hearted Woodman.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 122 · B2
I am aware he is a furious royalist; but, in spite of that, and of his being king’s attorney, he is a man like ourselves, and I fancy not a bad sort of one.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 38 · C1
“Oz was not such a bad Wizard, after all,” said the Tin Woodman, as he felt his heart rattling around in his breast.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 125 · B2

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