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the most найбільш	Most більшість
This is the most interesting article I have ever read. Це найбільш цікава стаття серед тих, що я читав.	Most scientists usually work on one or two projects at one time. Більшість вчених звичайно працює над одним або двома проектами одночасно.

Also: *for the most part = mainly — головним чином

*to make the most of — використовувати найкращим чином Make the most of your studies!

*another, a second, one more — ще один *other — ще один, інший (з декількох)

* the other — останній, що залишився

leftover, remainder vestige(s)

залишки

Other expressions:

a dozen = 12 a score = 20 a quarter =1/4 a half = 1/2

1,2,3... 80... 100... 300..,	percent Ø hundred Ø million Ø	BUT:	hundreds of millions
	billion Ø dollars		10 dollar 0 bill(s)

* billion — мільярд — 10⁹

two times — двічі

three times — тричі

* -fold There has been a twofold increase in company's business.

Прибуток компанії збільшився вдвічі.

twice

as little as much

вдвічі

менший більший

NOTE

Mind such phrases as: «as much as», «as small as», «as early as»

as early as 1970 — (ще) у 1970 році

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IS or ARE?

time (5 minutes, 3 years) money (40 dollars) distance (50 miles) the number a word of; a pair of 1+2, 12+80 (...) «Great Expectations» (and similar titles of books) news data evidence everything / each / everyone / anything somebody / anybody / everybody physics (and all other subjects) statistics (as a science of dealing with and explaining a collection of numbers which represent facts or measurements)

IS

police goods a number several thanks data ethics statistics (as a collection of numbers which represent facts or measurements)

ARE

	Also
Chinese (as a language) Chinese is a difficult language.			the Chinese (as people) The Chinese are famous for their cuisine.
	there + to be
There is (was) 1 professor and 2 (...) students.		There are (were) 2 students and 1 (...) professor(s).

WITH COLLECTIVE NOUNS:

committee faculty class team audience public

IS having their meeting (as a group) ARE going back to their homes (separately)