adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bit too
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I think you’re a bit too young to be watching this.
a shade too big/hot/fast etc
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Matt’s clothes were just a shade too big for me.
all too easily (= used to say that something bad is very possible )
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Gambling can all too easily become an addiction .
all too familiar (= very familiar )
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This kind of situation was all too familiar to John.
all too soon (= much earlier than you would like )
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The holidays were over all too soon .
and a good thing/job too British English
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She’s gone, and a good thing too.
be more so/less so/too much so
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The band is popular and likely to become more so.
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Jerry is very honest, perhaps too much so.
be too bright/modern etc for sb’s taste
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The building was too modern for my taste.
be too old for sth
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He was too old for military service.
be too weak to do sth
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She’s too weak to feed herself.
far too much/long/busy etc
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That’s far too much to pay.
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It would take me far too long to explain.
(far/rather/a little) too much
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There was too much work for one person.
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It would cost far too much to have the thing repaired.
have a lot/too much to lose (= used to say that you could make your situation much worse )
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These youngsters know they have too much to lose by protesting against the system.
have had one too many (= have drunk too much alcohol )
in the not too distant future (= quite soon )
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We’re planning to go there again in the not too distant future.
in the not too distant future (= quite soon )
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We’re expecting a final decision in the not too distant future.
It is never too late
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It is never too late to give up smoking.
it was too late
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He shouted a warning but it was too late .
know perfectly well/full well/only too well
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He knew full well that what he was doing was dangerous.
left it too late
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I’m afraid you’ve left it too late to change your ticket.
much too big/old etc
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He was driving much too fast.
not too/not very/not that keen on sth
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She likes Biology, but she’s not too keen on Physics.
not very/too sure
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Make a list of any words or phrases whose meaning you are not too sure about.
one too many (= one more than is acceptable, needed etc )
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One job loss is one too many .
only too glad to (= extremely willing to )
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I’m sure he’d be only too glad to help you.
opportunity...too good to miss
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The opportunity was too good to miss so we left immediately.
rather too
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It was a nice house, but rather too small for a family of four.
things get too hot (= a situation becomes too difficult or dangerous to deal with )
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If things get too hot , I can always leave.
too dreadful/horrifying etc to contemplate
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The thought that she might be dead was too terrible to contemplate.
too hot to handle (= too difficult to deal with or beat )
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Wilkinson found his opponent a little too hot to handle .
too many (= more than you should )
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You’ve been reading too many romantic novels .
too much like hard work (= it would involve too much work )
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Becoming a doctor never interested him. It was too much like hard work .
too much
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He talks too much .
too numerous to mention/list
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The individuals who have contributed to this book are far too numerous to mention.
too risky
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Doctors say it’s too risky to try and operate.
too shy
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He was too shy to come and sit by me in class.
too tired to do sth
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He was too tired to argue.
too weak to do sth
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The branch was too weak to support his weight.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bad
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We played really well and while the other contenders still had to play each other, our run-in was not too bad .
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The facts were too bad , too bald, abominable, pitiful.
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If your players don't latch on to such throwaways first time, too bad .
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You search by budget, and the selection of goods isn't too bad at all.
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The weather was not too bad .
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Life in the slammer wasn't too bad for Bob Mitchum.
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Compared with his lone ordeal in the Danube, it wasn't too bad .
big
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They are too big , too anonymous, and too lacking in leadership.
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A bed is too big even if you could lift it.
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They were too big to be fighters, even two-seaters.
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They are way too big for meso big that every time I try to walk in them, I fall down.
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But he can not afford to sit back on the basis that Everton are too big a club to go down.
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He had a little girl with him, maybe four years old, wearing a brand new dress several sizes too big .
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The wellingtons are too big for her but she doesn't care.
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These people were of all sizes; they all wore pants too big for them; they all had beards.
busy
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There is even a portable unit for home use by people who are too busy to come to the Centre.
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But Dole rebuffed calls that he resign as majority leader because he is too busy campaigning.
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If there is no time to relish and enjoy the uncluttered hour, are you perhaps too busy ?
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Story: Ever feel that your life is too busy to be time-managed by one person?
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They are too busy making money to worry about paying bills. 8.
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Roofing contractors are too busy to return calls.
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I haven't really asked her, I've been too busy with myself.
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The older people were too busy clearing their desktops to stay at the frontiers of innovation.
close
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On the other hand, supper sounded too close to bedtime for his liking.
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The moorings are too close to town centre.
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They wouldn't want to go too close to the Khedive.
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One of the Fellowship moved too close to the flames and a bull's mask went up in flames.
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It was just that everything seemed too close , like staring at a light bulb.
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There was something about being too close to him that made her uncomfortable.
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The Celtic striker, however, put his header too close to the keeper.
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Heater too close to coat rack. 7.
difficult
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It shouldn't be too difficult to arrange this matter.
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The writer may very legitimately find the project is too difficult to carry out without a great deal of assistance from others.
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Youngsters aged between seven and 11 found running, jumping and throwing too difficult .
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It was too difficult to pass strips of bamboo right through all three layers and pull them sufficiently tight.
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In fact the props of the speech are important and not too difficult to use to help your presentation.
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There was concern that such a high concentration would be too difficult to digest or lead to side effects.
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They suggested that some of these topics are too difficult for pupils in the range studied in this project.
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On a full caseload this is not too difficult to achieve.
early
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It is too early , he says, to base any firm recommendations on the work so far.
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I always thought it was too early , he wrote, and now I see that it is much too late.
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Townsend said it was too early to say how much the fire has set back reconstruction of the site.
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Most fund managers believed it was too early to say when they would consider buying London shares again.
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Greenspan also said it was too early to judge whether the recent drop in the stock market could cause a recession.
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It was too early in the trip for a serious attempt and all of us were decidedly under the weather.
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It seems too early to worry about their trip home.
expensive
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It would clearly be far too expensive to repeat every investigation carried out by the police, to say nothing of delays.
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WebTV is too expensive for most users at $ 19. 95 a month.
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Sometimes you can get it, but they make it too expensive so you can't afford to buy it.
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They considered making bagels, but the equipment was too expensive .
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It was too expensive for most private individuals there to send telegrams; the network was used almost exclusively by the authorities.
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Some Republicans said the piece was too expensive to move.
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They also say the 25-ton stainless steel casks used at some plants to stored cooled material above ground are too expensive .
far
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I do not want to go too far into the philosophical or even the physiological aspects of the matter.
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But do not push your luck too far .
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Surely a barber didn't hold his client in this way, was he perhaps going too far ?
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However, it seems to the author that the concept must not be taken too far .
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But paying £56,000 for a house from which to collect train numbers is taking a hobby too far .
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Mars is too far away from the Sun, and is too small.
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Are we stretching our lines too far ?
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This time you went too far .
fast
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It couldn't be love, anyway, it had all happened too fast .
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Employees at the plant are experiencing a-change overload. --- Changes came too fast and hit thern all at once.
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The city's manners were too fast , its rhythm too syncopated.
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The high-performance cars are strictly for the racetrack ... and the message is, going too fast on the roads can kill.
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Things were happening too fast to keep up with.
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He says they're going too fast .
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And the barley is growing too fast .
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Eleanor wrote too fast in his opinion.
good
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Some had just been too good to miss.
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The piles of sawdust from all my work in back of the cabin seemed too good to waste.
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Things weren't looking too good for me.
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I doubt it too; it is simply too good comic opera to be true.
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The luck, she was running too good , I thought nervously.
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For Rachel and Maggie, it's too good a chance to miss.
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Being left-handed, he was too good to release, but never good enough to hold his place.
great
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Misfortune was surmounted, and misfortune became too great a burden; virtuous reputations were earned, and scandalous stories were recounted.
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The cost is too great ....
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They believe that when all pledges and donations have been received, the shortfall should not be too great .
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Guy de Chauliac had pointed out that his ointment was not without dangers if used in too great a quantity.
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He warned the University against too great an association with commercial interests at the expense of pure research.
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Do your sums first, then the shock will not be too great later.
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The plan had previously blocked because the inspector concluded that the visual impact would be too great .
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The doctors were adamant that the risk of a further stroke was too great to justify another pregnancy.
hard
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Stimulate him to activity, but don't push him too hard .
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I pushed down too hard to correct.
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And, a bridge too hard .
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His only good words were for General McClellan who did not push the army too hard to go into battle.
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Anyway, there are your pears, just nicely poached, not too soft and not too hard .
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I am left literally nothing to worry about except that he will work too hard .
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He had been careful not to push the bulls too hard .
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My weaknesses: I worked too hard and tended to move too fast for the organizations I joined.
high
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Perhaps he has been promoted a little too rapidly and a little too high .
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The price is just too high in lost jobs and damage to the economy.
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She also made me a small bed, which was placed on a shelf too high for rats to reach.
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It passed because taxes were too high and relief was needed.
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The concern is that most contaminated food is caused by incorrect storage at home, where fridge temperatures may be too high .
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They were too High Church for that.
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On reflection the students agreed that, however attractive the benefits might become, the costs would always be too high .
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If rates are too high , the refinancing bonds may not be sold.
hot
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We met on the beach early next morning before it got too hot .
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The Fed delivered a Goldilocks economy -- not too hot , not too cold -- and stocks and bonds soared.
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We were too hot to take a cab, so we just sauntered along with the crowds.
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Be sure it is not too hot or too cold. 3.
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It became too hot for animals to live.
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Warm canteen water in the canteen cap, the bag open on the floor, a propane lighter too hot to hold.
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Spoon into a serving dish and serve warm - but not too hot or the syrup will burn.
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There was a feverish glaze to Lucy's blue eyes, and her forehead felt far too hot .
late
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He realized his mistake too late and when he turned back to the entrance Sabrina was already there, blocking his escape.
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Most candidates waited until fraud took place before complaining, which was too late .
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A whole day was too long - even a few hours would be too late .
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It was too late to go back to music although I tried.
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But Mr Major failed to finish until five past nine, five minutes too late .
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I introduced her to Jasper and asked if we had come too late for the tribute.
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The goods were delivered too late .
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It is likely to be too late .
little
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Two of the displays also show the results of paying too little attention to human factors!
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Sometimes the causes are external to you-oppressive managers, increased demands, or too little opportunity for autonomy.
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But it was too little and much too late.
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The question is whether it is too little too late.
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Discuss how much water is necessary - too much or too little .
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There is too little money and too many people need jobs.
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Another charge is that Mr Bush has given too little thought to the nature of a post-war settlement.
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Analysts described the move as too little , too late.
long
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It's too long , too slow and in no way original.
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Before too long , just as there were white bands and colored bands, there were white and colored pentecostal churches.
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He could have had a radiographic picture within two minutes, but that was far too long .
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The sight on the barrel is too long .
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Many of those on retail shelves have been there too long .
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If it is stored for too long in rick or barn, rats and mice can cause heavy losses.
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The resemblance between the old Helen and the new was so striking, he could not look too long .
old
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Yet others had correctly calculated that they were too old or their employment patterns too discontinuous to be eligible for pensions.
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These boys are also too old for day camp and too young for jobs.
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The Montrose girls were too old to be fooling around like that, anyway.
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But I was too old to start college.
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They were too old for that now.
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They have all been made to believe that they are too old to be of value.
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Added to this he is about 24 so he's probably too old .
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The actors playing the trainees were too old , Hawkins says.
short
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As Samuel says, their trousers are too short .
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In a moment of time too short to be measured, Space turned and twisted upon itself.
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Unfortunately the tent bag is too short for the poles.
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Time ran too short to include the Luna Loca update promised for this issue, so watch for it next week.
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Life, for me, is certainly not too short to stuff a mushroom.
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Roemer now recognized that earlier attempts to clock the speed of light had failed because the distances tested were too short .
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However, notice which is too short is unlikely to comply with the underlying spirit of the Rule.
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It's a nice reminder that the rest of the world exists, when my focus gets too short .
small
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The figures are too small to allow accurate measurement of the exponent.
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My scuffed Buster Browns, now too small for my growing feet, had been knocked off.
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The lectern at the Guildhall is a classic example of one that looks beautiful but is too small and fragile to use.
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The constantly falling snow itself is too dry, and its crystals are thus too small , to stick to their backs.
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It seemed almost too small to contain the swelling plumpness of her upper body.
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Mars and Mercury were hidden in the sun's glare and Pluto was too small and distant to appear.
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But if animal populations are too small , then they simply die out.
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I found an round grey stone, striped with white, but Dad said it was too small .
weak
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Some critics have considered it to be too weak and idiosyncratic to carry responsibility for major public and social services.
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But the municipal oligarchy was too weak to pursue its course for long, and eventually came to terms with the state.
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He threw out no sounding parties too weak to guarantee their own safety, and he lost none of them.
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The generals and admirals said they had always been against the blockade as being too weak and now they wanted immediate action.
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She let him drown her in the deep water, too weak even to raise her hands to cling to him.
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Taggant supporters think the bill is too weak .
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First the active male adults were fed because if they were too weak to hunt, nobody would eat.
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One afternoon she realized that her friend was too weak to prepare his own meals.
young
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And he doesn't know what he's talking about: he's too young , too inexperienced, too Edward.
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Of course not, you were too young .
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He was only thirty-six and I was too young to remember much about it.
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Beard is too young to grasp this struggle.
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And Jeremy can't manage on his own, he's just too young .
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Anyway, she is too young .
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We were both in our early twenties and just too young to get married.
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Everyone else was either too young or female, and all the teachers had beards.
■ VERB
become
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Second, to prevent a particular interest rate structure from becoming too entrenched.
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Perhaps they have allowed the child to become too dependent on the baby-sitter.
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One sometimes thinks of Franck here, but Fauré characteristically reins in his emotional outbursts before they become too vigorous.
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Last year, I cut the tops off to keep them from becoming too tall.
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It was our last leaflet because afterwards it became too dangerous.
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When the shrieks of his gang became too much, he lifted his hand and his face took on a furious look.
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The tiny oxygen tank on his back was uncomfortable but deemed necessary in case the mist became too choking.
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Now, with no end in sight to the boom in high tech products, the distortions became too big to overlook.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(all/only) too true
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It's a cliche to say people are living in fear, but sadly it's all too true in Larne.
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Mr. Waldegrave I fear that on health, as on other issues, that is all too true .
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This may be only too true , but if so, why advertise the fact?
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Travelers to Prague may find the comparison with Paris starting to ring all too true when it comes to hotel prices.
I don't feel too hot/so hot/very hot
I should hope so (too)
all too
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All too often, making a will is put off until it's too late.
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His career as a singer was all too short.
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Apparently, though, it was all too much for her husband - he left very quietly.
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But it was all too late, and Wakeling quit soon afterwards.
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Diets started without preparation are broken all too easily.
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I know all too well the value of a well-placed F-word.
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No, the pain surfaced in her mind all too readily.
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The rope should never be allowed to run between the legs, for all too obvious reasons.
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Vacation time is all too short.
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When midway through the set four go-go dancers appear, the warped cabaret becomes all too slick and momentum is lost.
all too often
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I've seen cases of this kind of child abuse all too often .
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But what should be a happy and fulfilling experience all too often is not.
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Farmers still have the problem of overcoming the stigma which all too often young people attach to working on the land.
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In regard to the use of field interviewers, the social and psychological aspects of studies are all too often ignored.
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It is somehow reassuring that, all too often , there is a not a table to be had.
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Sadly, their struggles all too often end up in disillusionment and sometimes, in death.
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Successful experiments all too often remain marginal, if they have no political clout.
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The first time they're a novelty, after that they're all too often an irritation.
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Yet gays turning to churches and other institutions for help all too often were told not to worry.
be a bit much/be too much
be in (too) deep
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I'm in too deep to get out of the business now.
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He warned management during training camp that the team would be in deep trouble if either he or Johnson suffered injuries.
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If everyone except Fifi and Manuel shows up at the compound, the lovers will be in deep trouble.
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Our governments are in deep trouble today.
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Some of the discoveries were in deep water.
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The advertising industry was in deep recession.
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The pathway was in deep shadow.
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The planet and the country are in deep s-- -.
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Tonight, the parents are in deep shock.
be spread (too) thin/thinly
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Perhaps the managerial talent that was responsible for the steady growth is spread too thin.
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Some one must lose, even if the losses are spread thinly.
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The ointment should be spread thinly on the bruised areas.
be too clever by half
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Phil's good at thinking up excuses for his behaviour - he's too clever by half.
be too late
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But now I believe it is too late .
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By the time I went back for it, it was too late .
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He tried to think of something to do or say, but it was too late .
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If you listen to the conventional wisdom in foreign-policy circles, it is too late .
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It is by no means so simple for the insurer who is ignorant of that until in some senses it is too late .
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That is the stark truth electors have to grasp before it is too late .
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This alarming error had been spotted by his Deputy when it was too late to do anything much about it.
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When that happens, it will be too late to start building a missile defense.
be too much for sb
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All the bullying and back-stabbing in the office was simply too much for him.
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Climbing the stairs is too much for Maisie who is in her 90s.
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The job was too much for any single manager to cope with.
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But often this effort of concentration was too much for me.
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But three thousand is too much for now.
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I suspected that, deep down, the various emotional themes that Hannah played out were too much for Bruno.
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It was too much for Quinn.
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The memories were too much for her.
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This was too much for me.
be/get too big for your boots
carry sth too far/to extremes/to excess
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It was funny at first, but you've carried the joke too far.
do sth once too often
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The kids rang Brant's doorbell once too often, and he reported them to the police.
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But not Luke Denner - he's humiliated me once too often!
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He'd said it once too often, and this time she'd taken him at his word.
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He got into trouble once too often and wound up in continuation school.
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I can only assume she tried once too often to enter the nest, as the female died during the night.
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It had failed him in a crisis and that was once too often.
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Maybe she just turned him down once too often.
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One of these people had looked in my direction once too often, passed by once again just a little too slowly.
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Until, that is, it lived up to its original name once too often!
go too far
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Investors are concerned that real estate inflation has gone too far .
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The court ruled that the police went too far when they handcuffed Rooney to a chair.
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Has he gone too far out of bounds to get back on course?
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I can only hope I am proved wrong: things have gone too far to turn back the tide.
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She would make sure she did not go too far , or too soon.
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Surely a barber didn't hold his client in this way, was he perhaps going too far ?
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Their elders in Linea 13 try to keep them from going too far .
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They never went too far out.
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They want to go too far .
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We have already gone too far .
hanging/shooting etc is too good for sb
have had a few (too many)
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Ralph Nader may have had a few , but then again far, far too few to mention.
have had one too many
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Ron looked like he'd had one too many .
keep several/too many etc balls in the air
life's too short
make too much of sth
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He was making too much of the whole thing.
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How a pop star looks is made too much of, though, the way some people are about it.
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It is possible to make too much of all this.
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Jasper thought I made too much of her.
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Of course, I make too much of this.
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One shouldn't make too much of them, but then again, they need watching.
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She makes too much of that cat, Daisy thought, for a young woman that is.
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She tried not to make too much of the moment.
me too
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Dear Melissa I really fancy this boy and I think he likes me too.
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It put me too far away, a little off the emotional page.
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McMurphy says good morning, and I keep quiet even though she says good morning to me too, out loud.
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She like what Nancy say. me too.
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She saw me too, no doubt, but that was it.
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The other two, second and third sisters, teased me too, but their taunts held no malice.
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You can drive me too far.
miles older/better/too difficult etc
none too
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And she was none too anxious to hear about the show.
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Flavia, none too practised herself, managed to get the number.
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His spiritual advisers were none too happy with his reliance on pagan practices, nor probably was his court favourite Buckingham.
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If the result is none too pleasant, it's time to do something about it.
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In consequence, the level of the Party's blood sugar was low; their expectations none too high.
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She saw the stragglers gather, none too enthusiastically, but not unwillingly, either, and waited for the last-comers.
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That a young boy of none too comfortable means would be impressed by all this worldly expertise is not difficult to imagine.
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Twenty years ago the treasurer's job was simple and none too arduous.
not a moment too soon
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"Dinner's ready." "And not a moment too soon!"
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The ambulance finally arrived, not a moment too soon.
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It was not a moment too soon.
not a moment too soon/none too soon
not before time/and about time (too)
not to put too fine a point on it
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Everyone there - not to put too fine a point on it - was crazy.
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The dishes we tried tasted, not to put too fine a point on it, like gasoline.
not to put too fine a point on it
not too/so bad
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The roads weren't too bad .
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At first, things were not so bad .
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Compared to how I feel, how I look is not so bad .
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She began to think that perhaps village life was not so bad .
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The Ky is not too bad .
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The policing here is not so bad .
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The Vatican, I must say, is not too bad when it is full and the resonance is reduced.
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The weather was not too bad .
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We played really well and while the other contenders still had to play each other, our run-in was not too bad .
not very savoury/none too savoury
only too
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Again we have seen only too clearly in some other countries what can happen if you personify and almost deify the State.
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At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance.
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Children know only too well the errors they commit while playing baseball or the missteps in the gymnastics routine.
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He would be only too happy to dial 911 when Walter slumped over in shock, unable to speak.
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I found myself acting the part of a wooer only too well.
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Then there are those of us who are only too happy Louisiana enacted the law.
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They know the way that the wind is blowing, and would be only too pleased to be redeployed into another trade.
sb is not too swift
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Eric's not too swift , is he?
sb's too good for sb
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But dying by my own hand is too good for me.
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He was too good for you, Hilda Machin, and that's what you hadn't got the brains to understand.
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I was too good for my class.
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Much too good for Gary, he thought.
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She was too good for him.
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The best was not too good for her.
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The role he proposed for Ken was too good for him to pass up.
spread yourself too thin
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BHart said the organization, though well-intentioned, might be spreading itself too thin.
too bad
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"I've got plans this evening." "Too bad , I need you to stay till you've finished the report."
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"Senator Volk's out of town.'' "Too bad ! I wanted to meet him and talk about the campaign.''
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It's too bad she had to give up teaching when she got sick.
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It's too bad you have to leave, just when we need you most.
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Too bad Dickie isn't here to enjoy the fun.
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All this would not have been too bad but for the fact that our rope was going rotten at an alarming pace.
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But, as he admits, he's not doing too bad .
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If any of the contenders have not got their act together by then, then it is simply too bad .
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It's too bad of you.
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Life in the slammer wasn't too bad for Bob Mitchum.
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The weather was not too bad .
too clever/rich/good etc by half
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The arithmetic can not be faulted - and may well be judged too clever by half .
too close for comfort
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That car that came around the corner was just a little too close for comfort.
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At times, the similarities are too close for comfort, edging towards the derivative.
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But our last memory was of a nightingale pair, singing in competition in territories perhaps too close for comfort.
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Cross-addictions may be hotly denied because the subject matter may for some be too close for comfort.
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In a wave trough I caught a glimpse of a coral head to port: a little too close for comfort.
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Lightning dipped and veered in a manner which was far too close for comfort.
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Richard, and you quite see why, finds economy airline seats too close for comfort.
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The movement brought him too close for comfort.
too close/near for comfort
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At times, the similarities are too close for comfort , edging towards the derivative.
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But our last memory was of a nightingale pair, singing in competition in territories perhaps too close for comfort .
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Cross-addictions may be hotly denied because the subject matter may for some be too close for comfort .
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In a wave trough I caught a glimpse of a coral head to port: a little too close for comfort .
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Lightning dipped and veered in a manner which was far too close for comfort .
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Richard, and you quite see why, finds economy airline seats too close for comfort .
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The movement brought him too close for comfort .
too good to be true/to last
too late
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By the time the doctor arrived, it was too late; he was already dead.
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I'm afraid you're too late - I've just sold the last ticket.
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It's never too late to learn a new language.
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They got to the airport too late to catch the plane.
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We rushed to the store as soon as we left work but arrived too late .
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A part of me wanted to stop and hit rewind, but it was too late .
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A whole day was too long - even a few hours would be too late .
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Coach home; too late for a swim.
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He had already gone too far down another road, too late for turning back.
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Hospitals keep the sick waiting to be admitted until it is too late .
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I tried to reach your hand, but it was too late .
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Somehow it already felt too late to make the crossing.
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Their efforts may be too little too late to ensure that the Pearl maintains its independence.
too many chiefs and not enough Indians
too many cooks (spoil the broth)
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If too many cooks spoil the broth, too many Popes tarnish the faith!
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There were too many cooks , they said.
too nice/clever etc for your own good
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According to her, he was too clever for his own good.
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That Tom was too nice for his own good.
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They were both too nice for their own good.
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You might be just a wee bit too clever for your own good now.
too silly/complicated/ridiculous etc for words
too soon
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I don't think you should go back to work too soon after having the baby.
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I knew it was too soon for any likely resolution of the problem.
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It's too soon to say what effect the merger will have on the company's 1500 employees
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Lendl hit the ball way too soon .
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You can't get married next week! That's far too soon .
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And not a minute too soon .
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He said it was too soon to tell whether more plans would leave Medicare despite the rising payments.
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However, it was published too soon to include the new Vi 2 Vanquish-a minor criticism.
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In Edinburgh I discovered all too soon that Sylvia Grey was not there either.
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It is probably too soon to know what effect the Rich case might have on his prospects in public life.
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The decision on a price was not a minute too soon .
you can't be too careful
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You can't be too careful where computer viruses are concerned.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Seth finally got a job." "It's about time too ."
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$200! That's way too expensive.
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Don't work too hard!
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Gary and Martha and the kids are coming to visit. They're bringing grandmother, too .
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I love you, too .
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I was too tired to get up off the couch.
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I wasn't able to get too much sleep last night.
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It's too early to go to dinner now.
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It's too hot in here.
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It's fast and comfortable. It's economical, too .
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It won't be too long before dinnertime.
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Military officials believed that the harbor was too shallow for torpedo launches.
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My room's too narrow for a king-size bed.
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She's still too upset to talk about it.
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The temperature was well below zero - much too cold to spend more than a few minutes on deck.
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They didn't give him the job. They said he was too old.
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Thursday is Vivian's birthday too .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adam struggled, but he was too weak and the storm-troopers tore his trousers off, leaving him stark naked.
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But we had an untrained and undisciplined group, with too many leaders, and things started to break down.
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Other kids complained it tasted great at first, but the aftertaste lingered too long.
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President Clinton likes it, too .
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Tamar's description, to him and Elizabeth, had been too vivid for him ever to confuse it.
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Think about what you owe, too , in terms of mortgages, credit cards, loans or hire purchase.