Sex and the City - so much as

Question 1

I don’t think of it as a setback so __ __ a chance to start fresh.
(= but rather)

Answer 1

I don’t think of it as a setback so much as a chance to start fresh.

Question 2

We didn’t treat it as a business trip __ __ __ a vacation.
(= but rather)

Answer 2

We didn’t treat it as a business trip so much as a vacation.

Question 3

I don’t see what I do as work __ __ __ passion – I actually look forward to Mondays.
(= but rather)

Answer 3

I don’t see what I do as work so much as passion – I actually look forward to Mondays.

Question 4

We didn’t go there for the food __ __ __ to enjoy the live music.
(= **but rather*’)

Answer 4

We didn’t go there for the food so much as to enjoy the live music.

Question 5

He sat down without __ __ __ a word to anyone.
(= even)

Answer 5

He sat down without so much as a word to anyone.

Question 6

They’re not __ __ lovers __ friends.
(= а скорее)

Answer 6

They’re not so much lovers as friends.

Question 7

I don’t feel angry __ __ __ sad.
(= а скорее)

Answer 7

I don’t feel angry so much as sad.

Question 8

The wedding went off without __ __ __ a single glitch.
(= even)
Свадьба прошла как по маслу, без единой заминки.

Answer 8

The wedding went off without so much as a single glitch.

Question 9

The details are not __ __ wrong __ they are incomplete.
(= не сколько… сколько)

Answer 9

The details are not so much wrong as they are incomplete.

Подробности не столько неверные, сколько неполные.

Question 10

She was not __ __ nervous __ impatient for the journey to be over.
Она не столько нервничала , сколько ей не терпелось дождаться конца путешествия.

Answer 10

She was not so much nervous as impatient for the journey to be over.