a good deal, a great deal

a good deal, a great deal
كَمِّيَّة كَبيرة مِن \ a good deal, a great deal: a lot: He has a great deal of money. masses: a lot: I’ve got masses of work to finish. much: (it should be used: (a) only with nu. nouns; use many for nc. nouns; (b) in negative sentences or questions; (c) in statements only when it describes the subject or when it follows how, too, so or as; in other statements use a lot, plenty of, a good deal of) a large amount of: We haven’t much food. Much money was spent on repairs. You eat too much sugar.

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  • good\ deal — • good deal • great deal noun informal A large amount; much. Used with a . Mrs. Walker s long illness cost her a good deal. George spends a great deal of his time watching television. Often used like an adverb. Cleaning up after the party took a… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • good deal of — • good deal of • great deal of much; a lot of (+ uncountable noun) …   Idioms and examples

  • good deal — or[great deal] {n.}, {informal} A large amount; much. Used with a . * /Mrs. Walker s long illness cost her a good deal./ * /George spends a great deal of his time watching television./ Often used like an adverb. * /Cleaning up after the party… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • good deal — or[great deal] {n.}, {informal} A large amount; much. Used with a . * /Mrs. Walker s long illness cost her a good deal./ * /George spends a great deal of his time watching television./ Often used like an adverb. * /Cleaning up after the party… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • good deal — noun (often followed by of ) a large number or amount or extent (Freq. 13) a batch of letters a deal of trouble a lot of money he made a mint on the stock market see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos it must have cost plenty …   Useful english dictionary

  • good deal — Synonyms and related words: batch, considerable, deal, gobs, great deal, heap, heaps, lashings, loads, lot, lots, mess, mint, oodles, pack, peck, pile, piles, pot, quite a little, raft, rafts, scads, sight, slew, slews, spate, stack, stacks, tidy …   Moby Thesaurus

  • good deal — excellent, great, good (American Slang) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • a good deal — adverb to a very great degree or extent I feel a lot better we enjoyed ourselves very much she was very much interested this would help a great deal • Syn: ↑a lot, ↑lots, ↑a great deal, ↑much …   Useful english dictionary

  • (a) good deal of something — a good/great/deal of something phrase a large amount or quantity of something A great deal of research has been done already. She spent a good deal of time on the project. Thesaurus: large quantities or amountssynonym large amounts o …   Useful english dictionary

  • a good deal — ► a good (or great) deal 1) a large amount. 2) to a considerable extent: a good deal better. Main Entry: ↑deal …   English terms dictionary

  • a good deal — 1. adverb Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots. We had a good deal more money afterwards. 2. noun A large amount; a lot. You may make a good deal of that little fact if properly worked …   Wiktionary

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