I Mʌtʃ Adverb Bre Flowers Office Worry English

• thank you very much for the flowers.
• i would very much like to see you again.
• he isn't in the office much (= often).
• you worry too much.

much

1. to a great degree
• Thank you very much for the flowers.
• I would very much like to see you again.
• He isn't in the office much (= often).
• You worry too much.
• My new job is much the same as the old one.
• Much to her surprise he came back the next day.
• She's much better today.
• The other one was much too expensive.
• Nikolai's English was much the worst.
• We are very much aware of the lack of food supplies.
• I'm not much good at tennis.
• He was much loved by all who knew him.
• an appeal to raise much-needed cash
• Do you have much free time?
• How much experience have you had?
• I don’t have much free time.
• ‘How much (money) does she earn?
• She earns a lot of money.
• I miss my family very much.
• I miss my family a lot.
• Thanks a lot.
• I didn’t enjoy the film (very) much.
2. and certainly not
• No explanation was offered, still less an apology.
• He’s too shy to ask a stranger the time, much less speak to a room full of people.
3. although
• Much as I would like to stay, I really must go home.

Word Origin

• Middle English: shortened from muchel, from Old English micel ‘great, numerous, much’, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Greek megas, megal-.