so much

tant de, tellement de

Indique une grande quantité de quelque chose, parfois supérieure à ce qui est nécessaire ou souhaité.

En anglais simple : A large amount of something, sometimes more than is needed or wanted.

• There is so much food!
• Why did you spend so much money?
• We wasted so much time yesterday.

Comment l'utiliser : so much + uncountable noun (Why is there so much traffic today?)

Synonymes : a lot of

Contraires : little

Expressions courantes : so much money, so much time, so much food

tellement de, tant de

Indique une quantité suffisamment grande pour provoquer un résultat.

En anglais simple : An amount large enough to make something else happen.

• There was so much noise that I woke up.
• She had so much work that she missed lunch.
• We bought so much food that the fridge was full.

Comment l'utiliser : so much + noun + that… (There was so much rain that the road flooded.)

Expressions courantes : so much rain, so much noise, so much work

autant de

Compare une quantité à une autre, généralement pour dire qu’elle n’est pas aussi grande.

En anglais simple : An amount compared with another amount, usually to say that it is smaller.

• There is not so much snow as last year.
• We do not have so much time as you do.
• The garden never needed so much water before.

Comment l'utiliser : not so much + noun + as… (There is not so much traffic as there was yesterday.)

Synonymes : as much

Expressions courantes : so much as before, so much water, so much space

cette quantité de

Désigne la quantité de quelque chose qu’on montre ou indique.

En anglais simple : The amount of something being shown or indicated.

• Use just so much flour, as shown here.
• She poured so much water, pointing to the mark.
• Add only so much sugar, as I have measured here.

Comment l'utiliser : just/only so much + noun (Use just so much flour, as I am showing you.)

Synonymes : this much, that much

Expressions courantes : just so much flour, only so much water, so much sugar

autant, tant

Désigne une grande quantité de quelque chose déjà mentionné ou compris.

En anglais simple : A large amount of something already mentioned or understood.

• Why did you eat so much?
• I wanted some help, but I never expected so much.
• This bread is cheap; you need not pay so much.

Synonymes : a lot

Contraires : little

Expressions courantes : eat so much, spend so much, need so much, so much of something

beaucoup, tellement

Indique qu’un sentiment, une action ou une situation est très intense.

En anglais simple : To a very great degree.

• I love you so much.
• She missed her friends so much.
• Thank you so much for your help.

Synonymes : very much, a lot

Contraires : little

Expressions courantes : love someone so much, miss someone so much, thank someone so much

autant, à ce point

Indique le degré mentionné ou constaté, souvent supérieur à ce qu’on souhaite.

En anglais simple : To the degree mentioned or noticed, often more than someone wants.

• Please stop shouting so much.
• Why do you worry so much?
• His knee never used to hurt so much.

Synonymes : that much, to that extent

Expressions courantes : complain so much, worry so much, talk so much

tellement, à tel point

Indique un degré assez élevé pour provoquer un résultat particulier.

En anglais simple : To a degree great enough to cause a particular result.

• I laughed so much that I cried.
• His foot hurt so much that he could not walk.
• The town has changed so much that I hardly recognize it.

Comment l'utiliser : verb + so much that… (She laughed so much that she could not speak.)

Expressions courantes : laugh so much, hurt so much, change so much