| صيغ مركبة |
| be better than vtr | (be superior to) | يعلو على، يكون أفضل من |
| be bigger than vtr | literal (be larger than) | يكون أكبر من |
| | When he gets older, he will be bigger than his father. |
| be bigger than vtr | figurative (be more important or far-reaching than) | يكون أكثر أهمية من |
| | The Beatles were even bigger than Elvis. |
| better than nothing adj | (a small gain) | أفضل من لا شيء |
| | I hate soup, but it is better than nothing since I am hungry. |
| easier said than done adj | (difficult to do) | سهل القول وصعب التطبيق |
| | Losing weight is easier said than done. |
| less than adj | (number: under, not as high as) | أقل من |
| | Her low score was less than satisfactory. |
| | They have less than two weeks to finish the job. |
| less than adj | (not as much or as great as) | أقل من |
| | She ate less than her brother. |
| | Five is less than seven. |
| more often than not adv | (usually) | عادة |
| | Our children's clothes are, more often than not, made in China. |
| more than prep | (a greater number or amount than) | أكثر من |
| more than anything adv | (above all) | فوق كل شيء |
| more than anything adv | (above everything else) | فوق كل شيء |
| more than enough n | (plenty) | وفرة، رخاء |
| | It's unfair that some people are poor and starving while others have more than enough. |
| more than enough adj | (plenty of) | كثير، وافر، غزير |
| | Please join us for dinner; there's more than enough food. |
| more than ever adv | (to the greatest extent so far) | أكثر مما كان سابقاً |
| | 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 expected adv | (to a greater degree than anticipated) | أكثر من المتوقع |
| | It rained more than expected last night. |
| more than expected n | (a greater amount or number than anticipated) | أكثر عدداً من المتوقع |
| | The number of people attending the match was more than expected. |
| more than half n | (an amount or number greater than 50%) | أكثر من النصف |
| | You were supposed to share the sweets equally but you have given him more than half. |
| more than half adj | (greater than 50%) | أكثر من خمسين بالمائة |
| | More than half the population watch breakfast TV. |
| more than one n | (a number greater than one) | أكثر من واحد |
| | 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 | (two or more) | اثنين أو أكثر |
| | We will need more than one table as there are 12 people coming to dinner. |
| no later than prep | (on or before, by) | لا يتجاوز تاريخ كذا |
| | Full payment must be received no later than two weeks before the start of the course. |
| | Rooms must be vacated no later than midday. |
| no less than prep | (at least, the same as or more) | ليس أقل من، على الأقل |
| | It is no less than a scandal that the minister of health believes such discredited theories. |
| no sooner said than done expr | (I will do it immediately) | سأنفذ على الفور |
| | Your sandwich will be ready no sooner said than done. |
| none other than sb n | (sb well known) | شخص مشهور، لا أحد مثله |
| | We have with us to day a man we all know, none other than the champion racer of the entire league. |
| nothing other than prep | (actually, in fact) | في الحقيقة، في الواقع |
| | Some Americans think government oversight of health care is nothing other than socialism. |
| other than prep | (apart from) | بمعزل عن، ناهيك عن |
| | There were no applications, other than the internal ones received earlier. |
| | Other than a couple seated at a table by the window, the restaurant was deserted. |
| other than that adv | (apart from this, otherwise) | بالإضافة إلى، بصرف النظر عن |
| rather than conj | (in preference to) | بدلاً من |
| | I'll have wine rather than beer with my dinner. |
| sooner than conj | (before, earlier than) | قبل |
| | The train arrived much sooner than I had expected. |
| There is more than meets the eye. expr | (this is not what it seems) | هناك أكثر مما يبدو |
| | | الوضع اكثر مما تتصور |
| | The carpet's wet – there's more to this than meets the eye. |
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