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"I'm cross" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to express one's displeasure at something, especially when one feels frustrated or angry. For example, "I came home to find my house was a mess and I'm cross".
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Well, I'm cross.
I'm cross that I didn't take surfing lessons 20-odd years ago, when I was young and living in Australia with muscles that worked.
He's, 'Mommy, I'm cross!
And I'm cross with Tony Hall for axing the one channel that does stuff like this.
I'm cross because Marc's a fantastic writer and I need his scores pumping life into musical theater.
Sometimes I'm cross and we're having a row, and often he does this thing which a psychologist would have fun with: he disappears.
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I'm crossing my fingers for it!
I think I'm crossing over to the Dark Side.
"That's why I'm crossing the ocean," he says.
"I'm crossing my fingers for peace," she said.
As I say, I'm sceptical, but I'm crossing everything that it works.
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