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WAS/WERE + TO HAVE+ PAST PARTICIPLE:
We were to have bought that car, we couldn't finally though.
The game was to have taken place later that day but was cancelled due to bad weather

Se usa para hablar de algo que se iba a hacer y finalmente no se hizo.

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The + comparative + subject + verb, the + comparative+ subject + verb
The more, the merrier.
The bigger, the better.
The faster you drive, the sooner we'll arrive.

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LIKE
1. Decir que algo es parecido o similar a otra cosa (pero no igual): The house is like a palace/ She smokes like a chimney./ Like most of people, I'm fed up with this government.
2. Introducir ejemplos: I enjoy winter sports like skiing or ice-skating.
3.Como preposición para pedir una descripción: What's she like?
4. Expresiones: así (like this, that)
5. Verbos de sentidos: feel, sound, smell, look, taste like...

AS
1. Rol: she works as a teacher/ I use this room as a study.
2.Expresiones: such as, as if, as much as, as many as, as always.
2. Subordinada (suj+ verbo + complementos): he should have done it as they told him.
3.Como sinónimo de what: as you like (what you like)

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ONLY AFTER, ONLY BY, ONLY IF, ONLY IN THIS WAY, ONLY THEN, ONLY WHEN, NOT UNTIL.

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ONLY AFTER, ONLY BY, ONLY IF, ONLY IN THIS WAY, ONLY THEN, ONLY WHEN, NOT UNTIL.

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Only after finishing the housework can you go out.
Only by repeating the mistakes will you learn.
Only in this way would she join us.
Only then did she notice the snake.
Only when I was pulled over by the police did I realize I had been driving without lights.
Not until she left did he get into the class.

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My boss is stressed big time ( Mi jefe está estresado a más no poder).

TO A GREAT EXTENT (FORMAL)

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Such was her beauty that nobody could talk of anyone else.
Such was the impact that all cars were affected.

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So crowded was the theatre that nobody else could came into.
So delicious was the food that we ate every last bit.

So overwhelmed was she that she couldn't study.

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Se usa para:
-CITAS OFICIALES: The king is to arrive on Monday.
-ÓRDENES OFICIALES: All students are to take an oral exam.
-COSAS QUE DEBERÍAMOS HACER: What am I to do?
-OBJETIVOS: If you are to work here, you must work harder.
-PROHIBICIÓN: (solo en negativa) You are not to do that again.
-Pasado: You were to speak at the meeting. (se tenía que hacer y se hizo)
-Perfecto: John was to have spoken at the meeting but something came up. (finalmente no se pudo llevar a cabo).

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1) Casi pero no del todo.
He’s quite attractive but not what I’d call gorgeous.

Betty: Are you ready? Sue: No, not quite.

2) Completamente

The two situations are quite different.

3) Not quite

Para expresar que no se está seguro de algo

I don’t quite know what to do.

I’m not quite sure that I’m ready to start dating again.

I don't quite know what to say.

4) Quite a/some – something

Para expresar que algo es fantástico, interesante o sorprendente.

For somebody with very little experience in this field, that’s quite some achievement.

There was quite a crowd at the party.

5) quite the best, worst, etc. (formal) (BY FAR)

Para dar énfasis

It was quite the worst lunch I have had.

6) quite a bit/ quite a lot/a few

We went to Italy when I was quite a bit younger.

*quite a lot (of)/quite a few se usan con sustantivo.

There were quite a lot of people around him.

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a well-known writer: conocido
a far-fetched/fetching idea: disparatado
a deeply-rooted tradition: arraigado
a well-mannered girl: buenos modales
a good-looking boy: atractivo
a tight-fisted man: tacaño
a two-faced friend: falso
a quick- tempered teacher: irascible

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PRESENT
Standing in the queue, I realised I'd forgotten my purse.
the bomb exploded, destroying the building
PARTICIPIO
Filled with pride, he walked towards the stage.
PERFECT PARTICIPLE
Having eaten the cake, we started to drink

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Be it so or not,
Be he evil or not, (whether he is good or evil)
B e it because people are travelling or are working in other countries or be it because they have a rare disease.
Be it iPhone or Xiaomi, sales growth continues unabated in the online business world.

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There is work to be done
It is never to be used
it is something to be changed