山程

やまほど【山程】

( ⇒ たくさん )

¶～の困難［心配］

a mountain of difficulties ［trouble］

¶しなければならないことが～ある

I have crowds of things to do.

¶話したいことが～ある

I have twenty things to tell.

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やまほど【山程】

lots of…; a lot [mountain, pile, heap, ton, great deal] of…; so many 《things to do》; so much 《time》.

●言いたいことは山ほどある. I've got a lot of [a mountain of] things I want to say to you.

・解明すべき疑問点は山ほどある. There are any number of questions that have to be cleared up.

・聞きたいことは山ほどあるのに言葉が出てこなかった. There were a million things I wanted to ask but the words wouldn't come.

・ごちそうは山ほどある. There are lots of good things to eat.

・仕事が山ほどあって休めない. I have a ton of work―I can't take any time off.

・問い合わせの手紙が山ほど届いた. Letters of inquiry poured in by the sackful.