comparing

not to be a patch on

to be much inferior to
to be at odds with
- two things:to be different
- two people: not to agree
to be every bit/just as+adj+as

to be equally
to be in a league of one's own

to be much better than the other people of the same activity
to much the same as

there is not much difference between
sth/sb was more of a+noun than a+noun
sth/sb was not so much a+noun as a+noun
- used to contradict sth because you are exaggerating
- used to highlight the fact tha sh/sb was not what you expected
to be nothing like as+adj+as

to be much inferior to
to be on a different wavelength

to have very different ideas
to be streets ahead of
to be head and shoulders above

to be much better than
to bear a (striking) resemblance to

to be very similar in appearence or character
to pale in comparison (to sth)

seem small and unimportant compared to sth else
there is a world of difference between

there is a very big difference
to think/say/do otherwise

different from what has already been mentioned

Author

settebello

41320

Card Set

comparing

Description

advanced grammar and vocabulary

Updated

2010-10-11T11:58:11Z

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