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Mountain Talk Emphasizing Large Amount Quantifier Faced Bureaucracy

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quantifier
If you talk about a mountain of something, or m________ of something, you are emphasizing that there is a large amount of it.If you talk about a mountain of something, or mountains of something, you are emphasizing that there is a large amount of it.
They are faced with a mountain of bureaucracy.
They have mountains of coffee to sell.
word mountain
full-definition
noun
A mountain is a very high area of land with steep sides.
Ben Nevis, in Scotland, is Britain's highest mountain.
...a lovely little mountain village.
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quantifier
If you talk about a mountain of something, or mountains of something, you are emphasizing that there is a large amount of it.
They are faced with a mountain of bureaucracy.
They have mountains of coffee to sell.
inflections mountainsben
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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