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wide awake

completely awake

Completely awake and not sleepy at all.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

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Are you tired after the flight?

Not at all. I'm wide awake.

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I was wide awake until nearly three in the morning.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I am widely awake.

Say: I am wide awake.

The fixed phrase uses "wide," not the adverb "widely."

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How it fits in a sentence.

be wide awake; stay wide awake; lie wide awake

Your turn: say it out loud

I was wide awake until nearly three in the morning.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

wide awake

completely awake

“I was wide awake until nearly three in the morning.”

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