1. The more exercise you take, the fitter you’ll become.
2. The bigger the car, the more gas/petrol it guzzles.
3. The more I get to know him, the less I like him.
4. The more chocolate she ate, the more zits she had.
5. The farther from home, the lonelier you feel.
6. The more children there are, the noisier it is.
7. The sooner you realize, it the better.
8. The more frightening the film, the more horror film
fans/lovers like it.
9. The younger the child, the easier it is for him to learn a foreign
language.
10. The less time you waste, the better.
11. The more sophisticated a girl is, the less likely she is to fall
for a dumbhead, good-looking as he may be/for all his good
looks.
12. The more I know people, the more I like animals.
13. The hotter the weather, the less I like it here.
14. The colder the winter, the more homeless people freeze
to death.
15. The harder she works, the more she earns.
16. The longer you sleep, the quicker you’ll recover/
get well.
17. The more you learn, the more pessimistic you become for
the Bible/Ecclesiastes says, “Who increases knowledge increases
sorrow.”
18. The less money people get the less likely their children
are to go to college/the less chance their children have to go to
college.
19. The more difficult the case is, the more of a challenge it is.
20. The busier the boss is the less chance we have to have an
extra coffee break.
II.1. The storm started out of the blue.
2. The refusal touched her to the quick.
3. All the summer the kids stayed in the open.
4. On the whole she is not a bad person.
5. In the present situation there is a change for the better.
6. In short the story has a happy end.
7. Paul Macey left his job all of a sudden.
8. He did his best to get the better of everything.
9. Don’t worry, it’s all for the better.
10. - Are you confused? - Not in the least.