(b) 1. I don't like this song, I'm not going to learn it. 2. This time I'm sure you will like what I have brought you. 3. At that time there was only one school in the town. 4. I get letters from them from time to time. 5. I asked him what the new play was like and he said it was very interesting. 6. She had on a big hat that was like a bee-hive. 7. Every time I see him he talks like that (in that way). 8. The river encircles the city like a silver chain. 9. What time does the train arrive? Isn't it time to go to the station? 10. Well, I don't like your new dress. It looks like (parecer) an old lady's dress.
LESSON XXII
| En cosas de fe, para ver claro hay que ser ciego.[22] |
| —CAMPOAMOR. |
63. Very as an adverb is muy. As an adjective it is mismo, -a. When it stands alone it is mucho. Very much is always mucho or muchísimo.
He was a very intelligent man, fortunate in his mining business.
Era hombre muy inteligente, afortunado en su comercio de minas.—PÉREZ GALDÓS.
This very afternoon I will go to his house.
Esta misma tarde iré a su casa.—LOS QUINTERO.
"I shall be very glad," she said with a smile.
Me alegraré mucho,—dijo con una sonrisa.—JUAN VALERA.