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GCSE vocabulary Signature Level 1 Award

How to sign: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty";

Similiar / Same: muckle, whole slew, whole lot, wad, tidy sum, spate, slew, quite a little, mint, mickle, lot, hatful, great deal, good deal, batch, plenty, heap, deal

Categories: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity

Within this category: flood

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How to sign: bother persistently with trivial complaints
"She nags her husband all day long";

Similiar / Same: nag, hen-peck

Categories: complain, kvetch, quetch, sound off