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  • When the letter came it wasn’t so __________ a disappointment as a complete shock to the system.
    much
  • Sunbathing in the garden yesterday was a bit __________ being in the Caribbean, it was so hot.
    like
  • The hotel we stayed at was ___ near as comfortable as the one we went to last year.
    nowhere
    never
    not
    nothing
  • The second witness’s report is BY / AT complete variance with what the first witness stated.
    at
  • The effects of the storm were not __________ devastating as had been predicted.
    as
  • No one could be any healthier AS / THAN Ahmed, but he still came down with a bad case of flu.
    than
  • Unfortunately, the dish was __________ spicy as to be practically inedible.
    so
  • The hotel we stayed in was nothing __________ any hotel we’d ever stayed in before.
    like
  • The speed of my new car isn’t a PART / PATCH on that of my previous one, but it does have a smaller engine.
    patch
  • The teacher couldn’t have made the test ___ more difficult.
    so
    like
    as
    any
  • The higher test was a challenge but, in my opinion, the lower level was equally __________ difficult.
    as
  • These new instructions are at complete ___ with what I was originally given.
    variance
    difference
    change
    competition
  • Sunbathing in the garden yesterday was a bit __________ being in the Caribbean, it was so hot.
    like
  • They couldn’t have built the houses MORE/ ANY closer together. We can practically hear the neighbours snoring.
    any
  • I’m afraid I can’t train THAT/ ANY more often than I do, as I’ve got a lot of work on right now.
    any
  • The service at the restaurant wasn’t a ___ on what it used to be under previous management.
    mark
    patch
    part
    bit
  • The remake of the film is ___ as good as the original, if not better.
    easily
    mostly
    far
    simply
  • I’m SADDER/ MORE SAD than angry about the decision.
    more sad
  • The second novel by the author is __________ near as complex as his first.
    nowhere
  • The committee’s decision wasn’t so ___ a surprise as a complete shock.
    that
    much
    as
    more
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