Even if one person is hurt that is one too many, ifj 7 — 0 It was one of my
many mistakes.
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o a
many-headed, monster —
R £ A # 2 the many used with a plural verb
to mean ‘most people’ ( ) A£$kA: a
government which improves
conditions for the many A 3 many a (formal) used with a singular
noun and verb to mean ‘a large number of; ( AM: Manyagood
man has been
destroyed by drink. 7tAM
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Ifllifii as many as ... used to show surprise
that the number of people or things involved is so large ( ^75 if, if ) There were as many as
200 people
at the lecture, off WWW 200 A2.g „ have had ,one too 'many (informal) to be slightly drunk
MB?;
many’s
the ...
(formal) used to show that sth
happens often Many’s the time I
heard
her use those words.
GRAMMAR
POINT if
many♦a
lot of♦lots of
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Many is used only with countable nouns. It is
used mainly in questions and negative sentences. * many
Do
you go to many concerts? jfffjz ABjf ? 0
How
many people came to the meeting? ^ AAA# jjP7zHi? o / don’t go to many concerts. A
A# A Although it
is not common in statements, it is used after so, as and too. Hill as fn
too A
77 You made too many mistakes.
A#
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In statements a lot of or lots of (informal) are inuch
more
common. A a lot of A lots of ( ^JE'
A ) I go to a lot of concerts. A ^7^7
AAo 0 ‘How many CDs have you got?’ ‘Lots!’
“(fa ff Jl'&AilS:? ” ” However,
they are not
used with
measurements of time or distance. Aft,
: / stayed
in /
Stayed
in England a lot of weeks. When a lot of/lots of means
‘many’, it takes a plural verb. * a lot of/lots of MA many St, Lots of people like
Italian food. #£'A« You can also use plenty of (informal). g}v5J ft] plenty of ( A IE A ) : Plenty of stores stay open late. M
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These phrases can also be used in
questions and negative sentences. IM±Mi«'ft'i>Jfj]
■
A lot of/lots of is still felt to be informal, especially in BrE, so in formal writing it is better
to use many or a large number of in statements. * a lot of/lots of
MIMttW^lIEA,
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many A a large number of
H£F0 t>
note at much
Mao-ism
/'mauizam/
noun [u] the ideas of the 20th century Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong %WAl§M ► Mao-ist /'mauist/ noun, adj.
Maori
/'mauri/
noun 1 [C] a member of a race
of people who were the original people living in New
map 0-w /maep/ noun, verb
m noun a drawing or plan of the
earth’s surface or part of it, showing countries, towns, rivers, etc. J&
@J: a
map of
—see also road map(1) 19 put sb/sth on the 'map to make sb/sth famous
or important & %; {;£ Tut : The exhibition has
helped put the city on the
map. W
H9 Ao — more at wipe v.
m verb (-pp-) [VN] 1 to make a map of
an area ^%\\
■ •iftiE
® PCITI chart : an unexplored region
that has not yet been mapped -A® 2
to
discover or give information
about sth, especially the way it is arranged or organized TMfsM.Hefit-fs ,§>
(
link a group of qualities,
items, etc. with their source, cause, position on a scale, etc. IE %'■■■ fH fk :
Grammar information enables students to map the structure
of a foreign language onto their own. £t^lE*hi£^W map sth^'out
to plan or arrange sth in
a careful or detailed way ( f# Sift ) MM, : He has his career path clearly
mapped out. IE^7'MJ7 g SWltu^o maple /‘meipl/ noun 1 [C, U] (also ’maple tree) a tall tree with leaves
that have five points and turn bright red or yellow in the autumn/fall. Maples
grow in northern countries. MW; Wt 2 [U] the wood of the maple tree MA
’maple leaf noun 1 [C] the leaf of the
maple tree, used as a symbol of Canada WBf(j!JD#A W^IiH) 2 the Maple Leaf [sing.] the flag of Canada M Ilf
M ( llP#A
a*)
.maple
'syrup noun fu] a
sweet sticky sauce made with liquid obtained from some types of maple tree,
often eaten with pancakes MW It; M#§7& mar /ma:(r)/
verb (-rr-) [VN] to damage or spoil
sth good S&ff; iff; MtF ^7^1 blight, ruin: The
game was marred by the
behaviour of drunken fans.
ma-racas
/ma’raekaz;
NAmE -’ra:-/ noun [pi.] a pair of simple
musical instruments consisting of hollow balls containing beads or beans that are shaken to
produce a sound mI, && (
AA ) — picture o page R9
mar as chino /.maeratiinau; -'skirnau; NAmE -nou/ noun (pi. -os) 1 [U, C] a strong sweet
alcoholic drink made from black cherries 2 (also
.maraschino
‘cherry) [C]
a preserved cherry used to decorate
alcoholic drinks S; fe #r tP M If )
Ma
ra thi (also
Mah-ratti) /ma’raiti; -’raeti/ noun [U] a language spoken in
mH'( )
mara thon /'maeraGan; NAmE -Gain/ noun 1 a long running race of
about 42 kilometres or 26 miles
42 o' 26 ) : the
IfS 2 an activity or a piece of work that lasts
a long time and requires a lot of effort and patience S, life A (ft IS zjfr ( A
XfE ) ; The
interview
was a real
marathon.
& ik“^E;!ife0 From the story that in
ancient