Vocabulary Building (MR HUU PHUOC)
1. Amount
Amount is used with uncountable noun.
Ex: an amount of cash/space/material/food.
A certain amount of time has already been spent on the project.
The server is designed to store huge amounts of data.
Amount how much of something there is
EX:
Try to reduce the amount of fat in your diet.
A tiny amount of poison.
Quantity a particular amount of food, liquid, or another substance that can be measured – used especially in written descriptions and instructions.
EX:
Make sure that you add the right quantity of milk.
They buy the wood in large quantities.
Volume the amount of something such as business activity or traffic, especially when this is large or increasing
EX:
The volume of traffic on our roads has risen sharply.
Level the exact amount of something at one time, which can go up or down at other times.
EX:
They measured the level of alcohol in his blood.
There is a high level of unemployment.
Proportion the amount of something, compared with the whole amount that exists
EX:
A high proportion of the students were from poor families.
2. Throw
These words all mean to send something from your hand through the air.
Throw to send something from your hand or hands through the air:
EX:
He threw his shirt to someone in the crowd.
Toss to throw something lightly or carelessly:
EX:
They tossed a coin to decide who would go first.
Hurl to throw something violently in a particular direction:
EX:
A single cushion had been hurled across the room and it lay on the edge of the fireplace.