Jean est aussi grand que moi. John is as tall as I.
Jean est plus grand que moi. John is taller than I.
Jean est moins grand que moi. John is less tall than I.
Jean n'est pas si (aussi) grand que John is not so (as) tall as I.
moi.
Il est le plus grand de tous mes He is the tallest of all my
frères. brothers.
Il est l'élève le plus diligent He is the most diligent pupil
_de_ la classe. _in_ the class.
J'ai plus (moins) de crayons I have more (fewer) pencils
_que_ vous. _than_ you.
Il y a plus (moins) _de_ dix There are more (less) _than_
personnes ici. ten people here.
Jean parle bien, Edmond parle John talks well, Edmund talks
mieux, mais Marie parle le better, but Mary talks the
mieux de tous. best of all.
A. 1. The hare was bigger than a horse. 2. The Garonne is less
terrible than the Somme. 3. I have more than 300 sheep. 4. This
bridge is not as long as the other. 5. He is[1] the most famous
man in the city. 6. Paris is the largest city in[2] France. 7.
There is the best servant[3] I have.[4] 8. I shall see the doctor
later. 9. This chicken is not so big as the one that[5] we had
yesterday.[6] 10. I want the bigger of the two. 11. Jean has
the biggest dog of all. 12. He drank more than three glasses of
wine. 13. He hasn't more than two dogs. 14. The hare is as big
as the one that I killed yesterday. 15. The Garonne is broader
than the Somme. 16. Gascons are the biggest liars in the world,
they-say.[7] 17. He is the best pupil in the class. 18. The Gascon
hadn't the least fear.
[Footnotes 1: c'est. 2: _what preposition_. 3: _supply_ que.
4: _subjunctive. Why?_. 5: celui que. 5: hier. 6: dit-on.]
B. 1. He hadn't the least recollection of having[1] lied. 2. He
wants to make me[2] eat willy nilly.[3] 3. I saw nothing[134]
strange. 4. Have you made up your mind?[5] 5. However that may
be,[6] I don't believe that he will come.[7] 6. You are pretty
hungry, aren't you?[8] 7. So much the better![9] We will have
something[4] good to[10] eat pretty soon.[11] 8. It is important
that you eat[7] at the usual time. 9. He asks that we bring[7]
the chicken as soon as possible. 10. I killed just now[11] the
biggest hare that I have[7] ever seen. 11. The river is more
terrible than it seems.[12] 12. The cardinal was more weak[13]
than sick. 13. The thing[14] becomes[15] more and more[16] evident.
14. Chirac is the better doctor of the two. 15. He is older by[17]
two years than the other. 16. He is a most terrible man![18]
17. What do you expect![19] Work[20] has worn him out so. 18.
He was in[17] the best humor in[17] the world.
[Footnotes 1: _infinitive_. 2: me faire. 3: bon gré, mal gré.
4: _supply_ de. 5: _idiom:_ prendre un parti. 6: quoi qu'il en
soit. 7: _subjunctive. Why?_. 8: n'est-ce pas? 9: tant mieux!
10: à. 11: tout à l'heure. 12: ne le paraît. 13: faible.
14: la chose. 15: devient. 16: de plus en plus. 17: de.
18: homme on ne peut plus terrible. 19: que voulez-vous?
20: _use definite article._]