Englisch Voci 2 (Gym 4)-Karteikarten | Quizlet

number

ia used for countable nouns (a large number of students)

amount

is used for uncountable nouns ( a large amount of money)

adjectives that express number and quantity

minute, tiny, average, considerable, significant, substantial, excessive, enormous, vast

dozens of

many (especially used for uncountable nouns)

Scores of

a large number (usually informal)

heaps/bags/loads of

for countable or uncountable nouns

a drop

tiny amount of any liquid

Utter(ly)

means complete(ly), combines with strong nouns like nonsense, contempt, silence, etc.

total(ly)

also means complete(ly), combines most often with disbelief and ban

wholly

also means complete(ly), combines most often with dependent, inadequate ans unacceptable

28% (pronunciation)

twenty-eight per cent

1 2/3 (pronunciation)

one and two thirds

4^2 (pronunciation)

four squared

10.3 (pronunciation)

ten point three

10m x 12m (pronunciation)

ten metres by twelve metres

4/5 (pronunciation)

four fiths

7^3 (pronunciation)

seven cubed

for the time being

forn now, not specific

for a time

vague, indefinite period

at times

occasionally, now and then

From time to time

sometimes but not often

in time

at the right time, with enough time to do something

on time

punctual, neither early nor late)

time and time again

many times; very empathic and usually in negative contexts

over the course of time/over the course of the last two centuries

used about long periods of time

wide

spacious/ broad (though broad is used less often than wide)

broad

big area (this is a broad topic/subject)

tall

is used to describe people's heights but it can be used for buildings or trees (when they are somehow high and thin) aswell.

high

is used to descripe the height of things (not people)

deep

profound

shallow

of little depth

long (derived words)

length, lengthen, long-distance

short (derived words)

shorten, shortcut

wide (derived words)

width

broad (derived words)

broaden (my experience), broad-minded (antonym = narrow-minded), breadth (of his knowledge)

high (derived words)

height, heightened

low (derived words)

lower

far (derived words)

faraway

distant (derived words)

distance

deep (derived words)

depth, deepened

you can ... an ambition

attain, realise, fulfil, achieve

you can ... a dream

realise, fulfil

you can ... an agreement

honor, reach, secure

you can ... an obligation

fulfil, achieve

you can ... a target

reach, attain, achieve

you can ... a compromise

reach

go wrong/backfire

not go as planned/intended

fold/go under

close down; go under is informal

falter

have ups and downs (a plan or project may falter even if it finally succeeds)

come to nothing

fail, fall appart

difficult

hard to do or understand

cope with

deal successfully with a difficult situation