Nhiều, lắm

much water

nhiều nước

much time

nhiều thì giờ

there is so much pleasure in reading

đọc sách rất thú vị

Nhiều, lắm

I found him much altered

tôi thấy hắn thay đổi nhiều

Hầu như

much of a size

hầu như cùng một cỡ

Nhiều lắm, phần nhiều, phần lớn

much of what your say is true

phần lớn những điều anh nói là đúng sự thật

to make much of

lợi dụng nhiều được

Coi trọng

to think much of

coi trọng, đánh giá cao

to be not much of a musician

là một nhạc sĩ chẳng có tài gì lắm

that much

chừng ấy, chừng nấy

I have only done that much so far

cho đến bây giờ tôi mới làm được chừng nấy

this much

chừng này

đáng kể

nhiều

gần đúng

hầu như

Adj.

Existing or occurring in a greatquantity (much trouble; not much rain; too much noise).

(prec. by as, how, that, etc.) with relative rather thandistinctive sense (I don't know how much money you want).

N.1 a great quantity (much of that is true).

(prec. by as, how,that, etc.) with relative rather than distinctive sense (we donot need that much).

(usu. in neg.) a noteworthy oroutstanding example (not much to look at; not much of a party).

Adv.

A in a great degree (much to my surprise; is much thesame). b (qualifying a verb or past participle) greatly (theymuch regret the mistake; I was much annoyed). ° Much implies astrong verbal element in the participle, whereas very implies astrong adjectival element: compare the second example above withI was very annoyed. c qualifying a comparative or superlativeadjective (much better; much the most likely).

For a largepart of one's time (is much away from home).

Iron. very much.

Certainly not. not much in it see IN. toomuch colloq. an intolerable situation etc. (that really is toomuch). too much for 1 more than a match for.

Beyond what isendurable by.

Muchly adv. joc. [ME f. muchel MICKLE: forloss of el cf. BAD, WENCH]