див. A-675.
Жовтень 13, 2009
as often as not
(тж. often and again; often and often)
дуже часто, багато разів;
As often as not he would go off to hunt up a pamphlet which was one of his treasures, and put on his spectacles to read from it (K. S. Prichard).
…Often and again, have I listened to the wind playing its music in the branches of the girded trees (J. Cooper).
He was often and often on board of the Young Rachel (W. Thackeray).
as much love as there is between the old cow and the haystack
≅ заст. любить як вовк вівцю; любить, як кішка мишу.
as much as to say
[тж. as plain as saying (або speaking)]
все одно що сказати, немов би кажучи;
Мг. Osborne gave а look as much as to say, “Indeed, how very obliging” (W. Thackeray).
Presently Mr. Riach came in. He gave the captain a glance that meant the boy was dead as plain as speaking, and took his place like the rest of us (R. Stevenson).
as much as
- стільки ж, так само, як;
- як тільки;
Не was for ever pondering, pondering — one fact astonishing him quite as much as another — for he could not figure out how this thing he had come into — this life — was organized (Th. Dreiser).
as much
якраз це, це ж, це саме;
І felt the utmost sympathy for Mr. and Mrs. Micawber in this anxious extremity and said as much to Mr. Micawber, who now returned (Ch. Dickens).
