Sammansatta former:
more | many | much |
| Engelska | Svenska |
| a little more n | (a small additional quantity) | lite mer s |
| I already added salt to the potatoes, but I think they could use a little more. |
| a little more adj | (slightly more) | lite mer adj |
| (formell) | lite ytterligare adj |
| May I have a little more tea, please? |
| a little more adv | (for a short while longer) | lite mer adv |
| (vardagligt) | en liten stund till uttr |
| The girl asked her mother if she could continue playing outside a little more. |
| a little more adv | (slightly more often) | lite mer adv |
| (formell) | lite ytterligare adv |
| You need to exercise a little more if you want to get fit. |
| a lot more n | (greater amount) | mycket mer s |
| en hel del mer s |
| A banker makes a lot more than a teacher. |
| a lot more n | (greater number) | mycket mer s |
| en hel del mer s |
| A few hundred is a lot more than a couple dozen. |
| a lot more adj | (in greater amount) | mycket mer adj |
| en hel del mer uttr |
| I need a lot more flour to make this dough. |
| a lot more adj | (in greater number) | mycket fler adj |
| en hel del mer uttr |
| A lot more people are taking up cycling these days. |
| a lot more adv | (to greater degree) | mycket mer adv |
| Your foot bends a lot more when you run. |
| all the more expr | (before adjective or adverb: even more) | desto mer uttr |
| speciellt eftersom ngt uttr |
| I'm happy that my sister is getting married, and I'm all the more excited because I'm going to be a bridesmaid. |
| all the more expr | (even more) | så mycket mer uttr |
| (formell) | desto mer uttr |
| Crying in front of her embarrassed him, but it made her love him all the more. |
| all the more so expr | (even more so) | speciellt eftersom adv + konj |
| särskilt eftersom adv + konj |
| You need a strong pair of boots if you go hiking, all the more so now that it's winter. |
| any more adj | (some remaining) (neutrum) | något mer adj |
| (reale) | någon mer adj |
| Do we have any more bread? |
anymore,
also UK: any more adv | (with negative: any longer) | längre adv |
| I can't take this oppressive heat anymore! |
| Jag står inte ut med den här tryckande hettan längre. |
| bite off more than you can chew v expr | figurative, informal (accept an overly ambitious task) | ta sig vatten över huvudet vbal uttr |
| ta sig an mer än man klarar av vbal uttr |
| Gabriella thought she would enjoy being team leader, but she may have bitten off more than she can chew. |
breathe easier,
breathe more easily vi + adv | (stop struggling for breath) | andas lättare vitr + adv |
| The drug relaxes the muscles in the chest so the patient can breathe easier. |
delve deeper,
delve more deeply vtr + adv | figurative (investigate further) | utforska djupare vtr + adj |
| (bildlig) | gräva djupare vtr + adj |
| Unconvinced by the woman's alibi, the chief inspector delved deeper and discovered that she was lying. |
| even more adj | (with an adjective or adverb: still more) (vardagligt) | till och med mer adv |
| ännu mer adv |
| Vigilance is even more necessary now than it was two years ago. |
| even more adv | (still more, all the more) | ännu mer adv |
| till och med mer adv |
| If you do this for her she'll love you even more. |
| ever more adv | (increasingly) | ännu mer adv |
| The situation was becoming ever more serious as war spread across the country. |
| far more than prep | (a much greater quantity than) | mycket mer än uttr |
| The Chinese army has far more than a few thousand soldiers. |
| far more than expr | (to a much greater degree than) | mycket mer än uttr |
| After she cheated on him, Mike was far more than just mad at her. |
forevermore,
forever more,
for evermore adv | (forever, for all time) (litterärt) | för evigt prep + adj |
| för alltid prep + adj |
| We shall now and forevermore call this land "Freedonia." |
| have no more of [sth] v expr | (no longer tolerate [sth]) | ha fått nog av ngt vbal uttr |
| Stop that language right now. I'll have no more of it, do you hear me? |
have no more of [sth],
have no more [sth] v expr | (have used up the supply of [sth]) | ha slut på ngt vbal uttr |
| I've just sold the last loaf, and now we have no more, I'm afraid. |
| make [sth] more difficult v expr | (complicate [sth]) | göra ngt svårare vtr + adv |
| komplicera vtr |
| göra ngt mer komplicerat vbal uttr |
| Cluttered surfaces make cleaning more difficult. |
| many more adj | (large additional number of [sth]) | många fler adj |
| There are many more coffee shops around here now than there were twenty years ago. |
| many more pron | (a large additional number) | många fler pron |
| These objectives and many more will be met at the conference on Friday. |
| more and more adv | (increasingly) | mer och mer adv |
| The world is getting more and more developed. |
| more and more adj | (increasing in amount or number) | mer och mer adv |
| They are building more and more strip malls every day. |
| more importantly adv | (with greater significance) | det som är viktigare, vad som är viktigare uttr |
| Tomorrow is Saturday and, more importantly, it's my birthday! |
| more like adv | informal (in more accurate terms) | mer som, mer likt adv |
| It isn't overhearing by accident, it's more like eavesdropping. |
| more likely adj | (more probable) | mer sannolik adj |
| mer trolig adj |
| People are more likely to take precautions after last season's fires. |
| more often adv | (with greater frequency) (komparativ) | oftare adj |
| I wish we could have lunch together more often. |
| more often than not adv | (usually) | mer ofta än sällan uttr |
| Our children's clothes are, more often than not, made in China. |
| more or less adv | (to a greater or lesser extent) | mer eller mindre adv |
| I have more or less decided to delay going to college for a year. |
more power to [sb],
more power to [sb]'s elbow expr | (expression of encouragement) | var bra för ngn uttr |
| Well, it sounds like Adam's thought it through carefully, so if it's really what he wants to do, more power to his elbow. |
| more so adv | (increasingly or additionally) | speciellt adv |
| särskilt adv |
| There's usually a lot of traffic on this road, more so at rush hour. |
| more than prep | (a greater number or amount than) | mer än prep |
| The other team wanted to win the game more than we did. |
| more than prep | (greater than adequate number) | mer än, fler än prep |
| You have more books than you can ever read! |
| more than anything adv | (above all) | mer än någonting adv |
| allra helst adv |
| More than anything, Nina wanted to train to become a pilot. |
| more than anything adv | (above everything else) | mer än allt annat adv |
| mer än någonting annat adv |
| Tim is interested in learning many foreign languages, but more than anything he wants to be able to speak Japanese. |
| more than enough n | (plenty) (av något) | mer än tillräckligt s |
| It's unfair that some people are poor and starving while others have more than enough. |
more than enough [sth],
more than enough of [sth] expr | (plenty of [sth]) | mer än tillräckligt uttr |
| mer än vad man behöver uttr |
| Please join us for dinner; there's more than enough food. |
| Against Greece, the team had more than enough of the ball, but could not score a goal. |
| more than ever adv | (to the greatest extent so far) | mer än någonsin adv |
| (vardagligt) | mer än nånsin adv |
| Your adventure stories make me want to travel more than ever. |
| After spending the weekend with him I like him more than ever. |
| more than one n | (a number greater than one) | högre än ett uttr |
| mer än ett uttr |
| He says he has only had one beer, but the way he is behaving, it looks like he's had more than one. |
| more than one adj | (greater than one: of [sth]) | mer än en uttr |
| fler än en uttr |
| We will need more than one table as there are 12 people coming to dinner. |
| much more n | (a considerably larger quantity) | mycket mer adv |
| Much more will have to be done if we want to succeed. |
| much more adv | (to a greater degree) | mycket mer adv |
| I like him much more now than I did when he was younger. |
| neither more nor less n | (the same amount or degree) | varken mer eller mindre s |
| Put a single egg, neither more nor less, into the bowl. |
| Her daughter received neither more nor less from her will than her son did. |
| neither more nor less adv | (to the same amount or degree) | varken mer eller mindre adv |
| This horse runs neither more nor less quickly than that one. |
| no more n | (not greater than this) | inga fler, inga mer s |
| No more sausages for me, thank you; I've eaten enough. |
| no more adv | (to no greater an amount or degree) | inte mer adv |
| Please pour in no more than one liter of water. |
| no more adv | (not now) | inte längre adv |
| Barry used to be a heavy smoker, but no more. |
| no more and no less n | (an equal amount or degree) | varken mer eller mindre uttr |
| inte mer och inte mindre uttr |
| Put in one pint of oil, no more and no less. |
| no more and no less adv | (equally) | varken mer eller mindre uttr |
| inte mer och inte mindre uttr |
| The dental treatment hurt no more and no less than the last time. |
| no more and no less adj | (exactly) | varken mer eller mindre adj |
| I will accept the proper fee, no more and no less. |
| once more adv | (yet again) | åter igen adv |
| ännu en gång uttr |
| Once more you have failed to get your essay in on time. |
| once more adv | (one more time) | en gång till adv |
| ännu en gång uttr |
| Can you please show me once more how it works? |
| one more adj | (another) | en till adj |
| (formell) | ännu en adj |
| I'll give you one more chance. |
| one more pron | (another one) | en till pron |
| (formell) | ännu en adj |
| Can I have one more, please? |
| one more time adv | (once more) | en gång till uttr |
| (formell) | ännu en gång uttr |
| Please, repeat the question one more time. |
| some more pron | (an additional quantity) | lite till, lite mer pron |
| There's plenty of cake left; would you like some more? |
| some more adj | (an additional quantity of) | lite till, lite mer adj |
| Would you like some more tea? |
| there are plenty more fish in the sea expr | figurative (there are many more potential partners) (idiomatisk) | mister du en står dig tusen åter uttr |
| det går fler tåg uttr |
| There is more to [sth] than meets the eye expr | (This is not what it seems) (bildlig, ordspråk) | det är en hund begraven här, det ligger en hund begraven här uttr |
| It seems like he's vanished into thin air, but that's impossible. There's more to this situation than meets the eye. |
| what is more adv | (moreover, in addition) | dessutom adv |
| därtill adv |
| tillika adv |
| därutöver adv |
| The food served in that restaurant is not very good and, what is more, it's overpriced. |
