rather pretty quite

Ответ от Simas Pocius[гуру]
Вот, например, на вопрос “ Как у вашего сына дела в университете? ”
'How is your son doing in his first year at University?'
Возможные варианты ответов -
He's doing rather well. He has no real problems, everything is fine. Maybe even better than expected. (очень даже хорошо! )
He's doing fairly well. He has at least a few problems, he isn't meeting expectations. But it's not terrible.(вовсе неплохо)
He's doing quite well. No real problems, no reason to worry. Maybe he can do better.(хорошо... мог бы и лучше)
He's doing pretty well. No real problems, no reason to worry. (в принципе, неплохо)
He's doing rather badly. He has serious problems. The speaker may even understating his level of concern and dismay.(да, не очень.. )
He's doing fairly badly. He has at least a few problems, he isn't meeting expectations. But it's not terrible. 'Fairly' sounds just a little odd when used here in a negative context.(а.. так себе)
He's doing quite badly. The situation is not good.(плохо.. )
He's doing pretty badly. Maybe he's going to fail. (совсем никак)