a (great) amount or quantity of: “This job won't take much effort”
vee;l
a large amount; a great deal: “He didn't say much about it”
veel

1 (by) a great deal; (by) far: “She's much prettier than I am”
veel, verreweg

2 to a great extent or degree: “He will be much missed”
veel, zeer

be not much of a

to be not a very good thing of a particular kind: “I'm not much of a photographer”
niet veel voorstellen als

be not up to much

to be not very good: “The dinner wasn't up to much.”
niet veel voorstellen

be too much for

to overwhelm; to be too difficult etc for: “Is the job too much for you?”
te veel zijn voor

make much of

1 to make a fuss of (a person) or about (a thing).
veel werk maken van

2 to make sense of; to understand: “I couldn't make much of the film.”
begrijpen

much as

although: “Much as I should like to come, I can't.”
hoe graag ... ook

much the same

not very different: “The patient's condition is still much the same.”
vrijwel hetzelfde

nothing much

nothing important, impressive etc: “'What are you doing?' 'Nothing much.'”
niets bijzonders

not much

nothing important, impressive etc: “My car isn't much to look at but it's fast.”
niets bijzonders

so much for

that's all that can be said about: “So much for that †“ let's talk about something else”
dat is dan

think too much of

to have too high an opinion of: “He thinks too much of himself.”
te hoog aanslaan

without so much as

without even: “He took my umbrella without so much as asking.”
zonder zelfs maar


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much	verreweg ; veel

Bronnen: interglot; Wakefield genealogy pages




EN: a great deal
EN: by a long chalk
EN: by a long way
EN: considerably
EN: markedly
EN: noticeably
EN: Overig
EN: substantially

EN: they made much of her NL: zij gaven hoog van haar op
EN: much as we regret it, we can't help you NL: hoezeer wij het betreuren, we kunnen u niet helpen
EN: much will have more NL: hoe meer men heeft, hoe meer men wil hebben
EN: 'you must not go now', 'Not much!' NL: (spreektaal) je moet nu niet gaan. Dat kun je net denken!
EN: he is not much of a writer NL: hij is geen goede schrijver
EN: what you say is much the same NL: wat jij zegt komt vrijwel op hetzelfde neer
EN: they are much about as ignorant as the others NL: ze zijn bijna even onwetend als de anderen
EN: it's not so much impudence as lack of manners NL: het is niet zo zeer brutaliteit dan wel onopgevoedheid
EN: well, so much for that! NL: wel, dat is klaar!
EN: so much the more NL: des te meer
EN: it is just so much idle talk NL: het is niet anders dan wat leeg gepraat
EN: we thought as much NL: dat dachten we wel
EN: I believe that he said as much NL: ik geloof dat hij iets dergelijks heeft gezegd
EN: it was as much as to say that he ... NL: het was alsof hij wilde zeggen dat hij...
EN: she never so much as looked at him NL: ze keek hem niet eens aan