{"id":12892,"date":"2025-05-14T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=12892"},"modified":"2025-04-22T17:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:26:13","slug":"collocations-with-amount-instead-of-small-or-large","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/12892","title":{"rendered":"Collocations with \u2018amount\u2019 instead of \u2018small\u2019 or \u2018large\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12893\" src=\"http:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/salt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"877\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/salt.jpg 877w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/salt-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/salt-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/salt-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/>\u201cAmount\u201d \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u0443\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0441 \u043d\u0435\u0438\u0441\u0447\u0438\u0441\u043b\u044f\u0435\u043c\u044b\u043c\u0438 \u0441\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u043c\u0438:<br \/>\n<strong>a minute amount<\/strong> (\u043d\u0438\u0447\u0442\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e)<br \/>\n<em>Only a minute amount of salt is needed for the recipe.\u00a0(\u0414\u043b\u044f \u0440\u0435\u0446\u0435\u043f\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0443\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043b\u0438\u0448\u044c \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0442\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0441\u043e\u043b\u0438.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>a tiny amount<\/strong> (\u043c\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0439\u0448\u0435\u0435)<br \/>\n<em>A tiny amount of effort can make a big difference.\u00a0(\u0414\u0430\u0436\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0439\u0448\u0435\u0435 \u0443\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0442 \u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0435 \u0438\u0437\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0442\u044c.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>a significant amount<\/strong> (\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e)<br \/>\n<em>He invested a significant amount of time into the project.\u00a0(\u041e\u043d \u0432\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0438\u043b \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0435\u043a\u0442.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>an enormous amount<\/strong> (\u043e\u0433\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e)<br \/>\n<em>She has an enormous amount of experience in the field.\u00a0(\u0423 \u043d\u0435\u0451 \u043e\u0433\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043e\u043f\u044b\u0442\u0430 \u0432 \u044d\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>a surprising amount<\/strong> (\u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e)<br \/>\n<em>A surprising amount of energy is wasted through poor insulation.\u00a0(\u0423\u0434\u0438\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u044d\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0438\u0438 \u0442\u0435\u0440\u044f\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0438\u0437-\u0437\u0430 \u043f\u043b\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0439 \u0438\u0437\u043e\u043b\u044f\u0446\u0438\u0438.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>a substantial amount<\/strong> (\u0441\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0435)<br \/>\n<em>We received a substantial amount of funding for the program.\u00a0(\u041c\u044b \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0441\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0444\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043d\u0441\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c\u044b.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>a considerable amount<\/strong> (\u043d\u0435\u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0435)<br \/>\n<em>It takes a considerable amount of courage to speak in public.\u00a0(\u041d\u0443\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043d\u0435\u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0435 \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e, \u0447\u0442\u043e\u0431\u044b \u0432\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0435.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAmount\u201d \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u0443\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0441 \u043d\u0435\u0438\u0441\u0447\u0438\u0441\u043b\u044f\u0435\u043c\u044b\u043c\u0438 \u0441\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u043c\u0438: a minute amount (\u043d\u0438\u0447\u0442\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e) Only a minute amount of salt is needed for the recipe.\u00a0(\u0414\u043b\u044f \u0440\u0435\u0446\u0435\u043f\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0443\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043b\u0438\u0448\u044c \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0442\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0441\u043e\u043b\u0438.) a tiny amount (\u043c\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0439\u0448\u0435\u0435) A tiny amount of effort can make &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/12892\">Continue reading <span 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