Formy złożone:
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better than,
be + better than expr | (superior to) | lepszy niż przym. + spój. |
| bigger than [sb/sth] adj + conj | (larger) | większy niż ktoś/coś przym. + przyim. |
| | When he gets older, he will be bigger than his father. |
| bigger than [sb/sth] adj + conj | figurative (more important) (przenośny) | być większym od czegoś/kogoś zwrot posił. |
| | The Beatles were even bigger than Elvis. |
| different than [sth/sb] adj + prep | mainly US, colloquial (different from) | różny od czegoś/kogoś, różniący się od czegoś/kogoś przym. + przyim. |
| | | inny niż coś/ktoś przym. + przyim. |
| easier said than done adj | (difficult to do) | latwiej powiedzieć niż zrobić zwrot dk. |
| | Losing weight is easier said than done. |
| far more than prep | (a much greater quantity than) | znacznie więcej niż wyr. |
| | The Chinese army has far more than a few thousand soldiers. |
| far more than expr | (to a much greater degree than) | znacznie więcej niż wyr. |
| | | o wiele więcej niż wyr. |
| | After she cheated on him, Mike was far more than just mad at her. |
| faster than [sth/sb] adj + conj | (able to move more quickly than) | szybszy niż coś/ktoś, szybszy od czegoś/kogoś przym. + przyim. |
| | Superman is faster than a speeding bullet. |
| faster than [sth/sb] adj + conj | (less time-consuming than) | szybszy niż coś, szybszy od czegoś przym. + przyim. |
| | Ian mostly eats ready-meals because they are faster than cooking from scratch. |
| less than adj | (number: under, not as high as) | mniej niż |
| | Her low score was less than satisfactory. |
| less than adj | (not as much or as great as) | mniej niż |
| | She ate less than her brother. |
| | Five is less than seven. |
| more often than not adv | (usually) | zazwyczaj przys. |
| | Our children's clothes are, more often than not, made in China. |
| more than prep | (a greater number or amount than) | więcej niż |
| | The other team wanted to win the game more than we did. |
| more than anything adv | (above all) | bardziej niż cokolwiek |
| | More than anything, Nina wanted to train to become a pilot. |
| more than anything adv | (above everything else) | bardziej niż cokolwiek |
| | Tim is interested in learning many foreign languages, but more than anything he wants to be able to speak Japanese. |
| more than enough n | (plenty) | więcej niż trzeba wyr. |
| | It's unfair that some people are poor and starving while others have more than enough. |
more than enough [sth],
more than enough of [sth] expr | (plenty of [sth]) | więcej niż trzeba wyr. |
| | Please join us for dinner; there's more than enough food. |
| | Against Greece, the team had more than enough of the ball, but could not score a goal. |
| more than ever adv | (to the greatest extent so far) | więcej niż kiedykolwiek wyr. |
| | Your adventure stories make me want to travel more than ever. |
| | After spending the weekend with him I like him more than ever. |
| more than expected adv | (greater degree than anticipated) | więcej niż oczekiwano |
| | It rained more than expected last night. |
| more than expected n | (greater quantity than anticipated) | więcej niż oczekiwano |
| | The number of people attending the match was more than expected. |
| more than half expr | (greater than 50%) | więcej niż połowę wyr. |
| | You were supposed to share the sweets equally but you have given him more than half. |
| more than one n | (a number greater than one) | więcej niż jeden wyr. |
| | He says he has only had one beer, but the way he is behaving, it looks like he's had more than one. |
| more than one adj | (greater than one: of [sth]) | więcej niż jeden wyr. |
| | We will need more than one table as there are 12 people coming to dinner. |
| no later than prep | (on or before, by) | nie później niż |
| | Full payment must be received no later than two weeks before the start of the course. |
| | Rooms must be vacated no later than midday. |
| no less than prep | (at least, the same as or more) | nie mniej niż |
| | It is no less than a scandal that the minister of health believes such discredited theories. |
| none other than [sb] expr | ([sb] well known) | nikt inny niż ktoś wyr. |
| | | nie kto inny niż ktoś wyr. |
| | We have with us today a man we all know, none other than the champion racer of the entire league. |
| other than prep | (apart from) | poza przyim. |
| | There were no applications, other than the internal ones received earlier. |
| other than that expr | (apart from this, otherwise) | poza tym przyim. + zaim. |
| | I am sensitive to nickel; other than that, I have no allergies. |
| rather than conj | (in preference to) | raczej niż part. + spój. |
| | I'll have wine rather than beer with my dinner. If you have a problem at school, it's worth speaking to your teacher rather than keeping quiet about it. |
| sooner than conj | (before, earlier than) | wcześniej niż przys. + przyim. |
| | The train arrived much sooner than I had expected. |
| There is more to [sth] than meets the eye expr | (This is not what it seems) | kryje się w tym więcej, niż widać na pierwszy rzut oka |
| | It seems like he's vanished into thin air, but that's impossible. There's more to this situation than meets the eye. |
| younger than expr | (not as old as) | młodszy od przym. + przyim. |
| | | młodszy niż przym. + przyim. |
| | All of my siblings are younger than me. |