A Don't confuse much and very. Don't
say 'thev are much different'. Say they are very different.
Qreally riali ladu only before verb! especially spoken very much - use this especially to talk about your feelings: I really like your dress I What really annoys me is the way he never apologises when he's late.
very much veri пш/ |adv] use this especially to talk about people's feelings: "Do you like living in Rome?" "Yes, very much."
like/admire/miss sb very much Lara enjoyed being at college, but she missed her family very much. like/enjoy sth very much It was a
wonderful show - we enjoyed it very much.
Don't say ') like very much this colour', Say \ like this colour very much.
a good deal god di:l [adf] formal
very much - use this especially to talk about changes, improvements, or differences: Her work has improved a good deal over the past year. a good deal better/worse/bigger/more etc The situation was a good deal worse than we had first thought.
enormously /rnxrm3sli ladu] very much, especially in a good or positive way: Diana
enjoyed herself enormously at the party. I The breakup of the Soviet Union was an enormously important event.
Zl^ Enormously is more formal than the
other words in this section.
LOUD
opposite quiet see also sound
loud sounds, music, machines etc
noisy 'mfzi [adj] use this about places where there is a lot of noise, or about people and machines that make a lot of noise, especially when this annoys you: The nightclub was crowded and noisy. I Our
loud /laud/ [adj] something that is loud makes a lot of noise: The music's too loud. Can you turn it downP I IVe heard a loud explosion. I bud laughter com ing from the next room loudly [adu] Bill had dozed off in his chair, and was snoring loudly.
A tn informal English, you can also use loud as an adverb after 'as', 'so', and 'too': I wish you wouldn't talk so loud. I You're playing that music too loud. I I shouted as loud as I could.
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new neighbours are really noisy. I car has a noisy engine. noisy - noisier - noisiest
deafening 'defonirj/ [adj] a noise that is deafening is so loud that you cannot hear anything else: Outside there was a deafening crash of thunder I The cheers of the crowd were deafening.
at /ull volume at ,foi 'volju:m|| -'vuilpm if you play music or have the radio or television on at full volume, it is as loud as it can be: He annoyed everyone by playing heavy metal music at full volume.
a noise
noise noiz 'n C/U] a loud sound, especially an unpleasant one: Traffic noise is a problem in inner-city areas. I The noise of the machines made it hard to talk. make (a) noise Don't make too much noise - Dad's trying to work.
racket rxk^t [n singular) informal a loud unpleasant noise-. It's impossible to work with that racket going on. make a racket I wish those kids would
stop making such a racket upstairs.
to make music, a radio, or a television louder
turn Up Дз:гп лр' Iphrasa/ verb T] to make music, a radio etc louder by turning
a control
turn sth up Can you turn (he television up? I can hear the news. turn up sth We turned up the music, and we all started dancing.
how loud something is
LOUD
I The
volume Vnlju:mjj'va:lpm/ [n U] how loud a television, radio etc is: This button here controls the volume. turn the volume up/down (=make it louder or quieter) You can use the remote control to turn the volume up or down.
RELATIONSHIP
FAMH.Y
4 \
GIRLFRIEND/ BOYFRIEND
to love someone in a sexual way
love 1лv/ [и T) to have a strong feeling of liking for someone, caring about them, and being sexually attracted to them: My boyfriend finds it difficult to say "J loue you." 1 He was the only man she had ever loved.
love sb very much We love each other very much and we re going to get married.
be in. love /bi: m 1лv/ to love someone very much, so that you think about them all the time and want to be with them all the time: "What's the matter with Lois?"
"She's in love."
+ with How can you marry Adam when you're in love with someone else? be madly in love/very much in love
(=very strongly in love) We know each other well and are madly in love.
fall in love /,fb:l in 'Uv/ to begin to be in
love with someone: I suddenly realized that I'd fallen in love. + with / think Susie's falling in love with your brother.
be crazy about sb bi: к rem эЬаШ
(sb)/ informal to love someone very much, especially in a way that you cannot controclass="underline" He's obviously crazy about you. Why don't you ask him out?
LOVE
opposite hate
SEX
\ f
see also
MARRY
LIKE/NOT LIKE
LOVE
C^fancy "fensi \v T] British spoken to be sexually attracted to someone, especially someone that you do not know very welclass="underline" AH the girls fancied Bob. I My friend really fancies you. fancying - fancied - have fancied
to love your parents, children, brothers and sisters etc
love /]av/ [u T| to love someone in your family, so that you care a lot about what happens to them, and you want them to be happy: When my parents got divorced I thought they didn't love me any more. I He loved his stepdaughter as if she were his own child.
ado re з do:г/ [и Tj to love and admire someone very much and feel very proud of them: Branwell Bronte adored his sister Anne. I She adores her grand children and is always buying them presents.