a great deal 大量地，非常多的
1、作副词
The old woman"s life is a great deal better now.
2、作代词
We have learnt a great deal from our professor.
I have accomplished a great deal in the last fewmonths.
We waited for their decision with a great deal ofapprehension.
3、作名词(不可数)
People spend a great deal of money on National Day.
He drinks a great deal of water every day.
He offered me a great deal of money.
Keeping the house really meant a good deal to me.
4、比较：a lot of, lots of 也表示“非常多”，但它既可接可数名词，也可接不可数名词。
There is a lot of rain here in summer.
There are lots of tourists in Beijing every year.
A glossy magazine has lots of pictures of fashionable clothes andis printed on good quality paper.
He is a bold thinker, with lots of original ideas.
5、比较 ：a big deal 重要人物 [a subject, situation, or event which peoplethink is important. ]
I don"t know why this issue has become such a big deal.
Losing the match was no big deal.
All I said was, I"m going to have a baby - what"s the bigdeal?
Yes, it"s his birthday today, but he doesn"t want to make a bigdeal of it.
(= ...but he doesn"t want to make people notice it by having aspecial celebration)
◆a great/good many 非常多，许多(形容词)
The young couple has travelled a great many cities since they gotmarried.
A great many college students were sent to the West to help thechildren there.
Helen has a great many friends indeed, but she does not think shehas any she can confide in.
The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great manyclay pipes were found beneath the narrowstreets.
He has extracted a great many examples from the grammarbook.
比较：
1. many a... 许多(后接单数动词)
Many a teacher has come to the exhibition.
Many a woman has great influence on herhusband.
He beguiled us with many a tale ofadventure.
2. a lot, lots of, a number of 与 a great many / a good many意义相同。
◆ a handful of 一把，少量(作为量词)
She scooped up a handful of snow and rolled it into a ball.
Only a handful people agree with him, it is a foolis risk.
We invited twenty people, but only a handful of themcame.
I picked up a handful of letters and began to openthem.
比较：
同义词组有：a small amount of , a small number of
A cap or tube containing a small amount of explosive used todetonate the main explosive charge of a firearm or mine.
At this school, only ten people passed the music examination thisyear. That may seem a small number but it"s(about) par for thecourse.
◆ a kind of 有点儿，几分，一种
An apple is a kind of fruit.
Money is a kind of allurement for us.
I have a kind of feeling this might happen. (隐约觉得）
I have a kind of suspicion that she told a lie. (有点儿）
比较：
1. all kinds of / all sorts of 各种各样的
Donations came from all kinds of people.
All kinds of remarkable thigns began to happen.
2. of a kind 同类的，（质量）低劣的
There is good news of a kind for Mr. Zhang.
She finds solace of a kind in alcohol.
