7. had better ……
Come, you had much better have the thing out at once. 來，你把這東西弄出去。
8. less than 不到
The first steam locomotive could have a top speed of only thirteen mph(miles per hour) and the great sailing ships of the time labored along at less than half that speed.第一列蒸汽火車最快每小時只有13英里，那時的大船還不到這個速度的一半。
9. little more than 差不多
The grain in their barn is little more than that of ours.
他們倉的糧食跟我們倉的糧食差不多。
10. more than 超過，不止
I have waited for your for more than two hours. 我等了你兩個多小時。
11. more or less 大體上，或多或少
The work is more or less finished. 工作大體算完成了。
Most of them came here to near money, more or less Mr.Wang worked for his cause.他們大都來掙錢的，但王先生有點像為事業(yè)而工作。
12. other than 除了
They imposed no pre conditions other than that the meeting should be held in their capital. 除了會議要在他們的首都開之外，他們沒有提出任何先決條件。
13. rather than 而不是，與其…寧愿(rather than表示“與其…寧愿”時，如果位于句首引導句子，有虛擬的成分，相當于“… would rathe than，”所以rather than后面跟動詞原形)
Read what interests you; read what you have time for magazines and newspapers rather than novels.
讀你感興趣的東西，讀你有時間讀的東西，如雜志和報紙而不是小說。
Rather than allow the potatoes to go bad, she sold them at half price.
她以半價把土豆給賣了，而沒有讓它們爛掉。
Rather than cause trouble, he left.
為了不惹事，他還是走了。
Come, you had much better have the thing out at once. 來，你把這東西弄出去。
8. less than 不到
The first steam locomotive could have a top speed of only thirteen mph(miles per hour) and the great sailing ships of the time labored along at less than half that speed.第一列蒸汽火車最快每小時只有13英里，那時的大船還不到這個速度的一半。
9. little more than 差不多
The grain in their barn is little more than that of ours.
他們倉的糧食跟我們倉的糧食差不多。
10. more than 超過，不止
I have waited for your for more than two hours. 我等了你兩個多小時。
11. more or less 大體上，或多或少
The work is more or less finished. 工作大體算完成了。
Most of them came here to near money, more or less Mr.Wang worked for his cause.他們大都來掙錢的，但王先生有點像為事業(yè)而工作。
12. other than 除了
They imposed no pre conditions other than that the meeting should be held in their capital. 除了會議要在他們的首都開之外，他們沒有提出任何先決條件。
13. rather than 而不是，與其…寧愿(rather than表示“與其…寧愿”時，如果位于句首引導句子，有虛擬的成分，相當于“… would rathe than，”所以rather than后面跟動詞原形)
Read what interests you; read what you have time for magazines and newspapers rather than novels.
讀你感興趣的東西，讀你有時間讀的東西，如雜志和報紙而不是小說。
Rather than allow the potatoes to go bad, she sold them at half price.
她以半價把土豆給賣了，而沒有讓它們爛掉。
Rather than cause trouble, he left.
為了不惹事，他還是走了。