1. This is more like a word for word translation than a literary
one. 2. It is more like a fable than a fairy tale. 3. The fabric
looks more like cotton than viscose. 4. Ann looks more like
a schoolgirl than a college student. 5. With this hairdo she looks
more like a boy than a girl. 6. We walked round the village for
an hour or so. 7. I stayed with my friends for a fortnight or so.
8. I lived in the town for three years or so. 9. I am not through
with the book yet. I’ve read only 50 pages or so. 10. Since everyone
is present, I think it is an excellent/wonderful/splendid
opportunity to announce that fane and I have just got engaged.
11. We are through with our work. Isn’t it a wonderful opportunity
to go to some nice bar and cut loose? (îòîðâàòüñÿ ïî ïîëíîé).
12. We’ve been looking for her house for more than an
hour. I should/would never have thought that her place would
be so difficult to find. 13. There seems to be no end to dirty
clothes. I should never have thought that one man could soil so
many shirts, vests and underpants in so short a time. 14. The
more we listened to him, the more he convinced us that his
course ofaction was just the ticket (ðàçã. êàê ðàç òî, ÷òî íóæíî).
15. The more John looked at her, the less he liked what he
saw. 16. The more I think about her decision, the less I agree
with it. 17. The more indignant Andrew became, the more he
stuttered. 18. The longer we waited, the more impatient we felt.
19. Who’ll go to the baker’s? There is no bread left. 20. I’m going
to the stationer’s. There is no paper left. 21. Why go shopping? -
We have no food left. 22. We needn’t hurry. There is plenty oftime
left. 23. Hurry up. We have no time left. 24. Why not put the table
near the window? - There seems to be no room left. 25. Where
will you put the bookcase? There seems to be no very little space
left in room.