27.1.5. gy. A1B2 (példák)

worst adverb /wɜːst/ legrosszabbul ('badly' felsőfoka)

Small businesses have been worst hit by the recession.

Roads in the Tayside region were worst affected by the snow.

the determiner /ðiː/ 7 minél ..., annál ...

The longer we live here, the more we like it.

of preposition /ɒv/ 7 vkik/vmik közül (összehasonlításkor)

Best of all I liked the green one.

Worst of all was the food!

He's the best looking of the three brothers.

I think that of all his films it's my favourite.

to preposition /tuː/ 7 vmihez képest (összehasonlítva vmivel)

I prefer football to cricket.

She's earning a reasonable wage, but nothing to what she could make in a big company.

than conjunction, preposition /ðæn/ 1 mint (összehasonlítás)

My son is a lot taller than my daughter.

You always walk faster than I do!

You're earlier than usual.

Phrasal verbs:

add to sth /æd/ fokoz/tetéz vmit

Her colleagues' laughter only added to her embarrassment.

Phrases and idioms:

as ... as olyan ... mint (alapfokú összehasonlítás)

She'll soon be as tall as her mother.

I can't run as fast as you.

The food here isn't as good as it used to be.

She earns three times as much as I do.

better/worse still még jobb/rosszabb

I'll meet you at the theatre. No, better still, let's meet in a pub and have a drink first.

I'm worried that his car has broken down, or worse still, that he's had an accident.

by far messze, vitathatatlanul

They are by far the best students in the class.

compared to/with sb/sth hasonlítva vkihez/vmihez, összehasonlítva vkivel/vmivel

This road is quite busy compared to ours.

Children seem to learn more interesting things compared with when we were at school.