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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a terrible version of" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe something that is a poor or unsatisfactory adaptation or representation of an original. Example: "The movie was a terrible version of the beloved book, failing to capture its essence."
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It featured Baby revealing she had played a mugger on EastEnders, the band chatting about their rivalry with Oasis and Mels B and C doing a terrible version of Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves.
"Equally, it can't just descend into a terrible version of Celebrity Juice with Biffy Clyro getting their chests waxed as the wacky host farts in the drummer's face to try to put him off.
Chris, at a loose end, sketched the character of Frank, recorded a terrible version of Anarchy in the UK with Casio accompaniment, and sent it around the major record labels with a covering letter that began: "Dear X, I'm thinking of getting into showbusiness.
You have spoken about the fact that although you couldn't help sometimes seeing things the way your fellow guards did, a terrible version of us v. them where you were the good guys, you returned home to your family after most shifts, a journey which brought back nuance to your world view.
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"Prison is terrible," said Ball. "And this is the less terrible version of prison for most people".
The ideal farewell sees our heroes part ways with the greatest show of their career, and then do exactly what they want afterwards, rather than plod on and on until one original member is playing terrible versions of songs they didn't actually write to 19 people in the backroom of a pub in Basingstoke.
At a terrible musical version of Gaston Leroux's classic detective thriller The Mystery of the Yellow Room.
Sadly at the moment it's usually a terrible reggae version of The Wheels On The Bus to placate the two-year-old.
But now a terrible mobile version of Bing was pushed onto my Storm.
When I was there, it felt like a terrible contemporary version of "cowboys versus Indians".
In his film version, a terrible act of real-life self-destruction is replayed as a fiction within a fiction on a much-diminished contemporary version of the silver screen.
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