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A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /mɔː(r)/US /mɔːr/
Meaning
adverb
used to form the comparative of most adjectives and adverbs with two or more syllables
“She was far more intelligent than her sister.”
determiner
a larger number or amount of
“I want some more!”
pronoun
used with plural nouns and verbs, especially in negative sentences or in more formal English, to mean ‘a large number of’. Also used in questions to ask about the size of a number, and with ‘as’, ‘so’ and ‘too’.
“We don't have very many copies left.”
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“CA: All right, so we need to talk more about batteries,”
📺 Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Learn this word in the video →
“require committing much more time and assume assuming much more responsibility but fortunately game developers are familiar with such things so I'd like to move on this morning and answer two question”
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“something more uh after zip two”
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