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[so many] (2)  {pron}

A limited number; some.

Many people want to come to the prom; but the gymnasium will hold only so many.

Don't give the boys all the cookies they want; give so many to Tom, so many to Dick, and so many to Bob.

Compare: [SO  […]

[some]

See: [AND THEN SOME].

[somebody up there loves/hates me]  {slang}

An expression intimating that an unseen power in heaven, such as God, has been favorable or unfavorable to the one making the exclamation.

* /Look at all the money I won! I say somebody up there sure loves  […]

[some of these days]

See: [ONE OF THESE DAYS].

[something]

See:

[HAVE SOMETHING GOING FOR ONE],

[HAVE SOMETHING ON],

[MAKE SOMETHING OF],

[START SOMETHING].

[something else]  {adj.},  {slang},  {informal}

So good as to be beyond description; the ultimate; stupendous.

[something else again]  {n. phr.}

A different kind of thing; something different.

I don't care if you borrow my dictionary sometimes, but taking it without asking and keeping it is something else again.

* /"But I don't want a new car," Charles said  […]

[so much] (1)  {adj.}

1. A limited amount of; some.

Sometimes students wonder if the teacher knows they have only so much time to do their lessons.

If you can't give everyone a full glass of milk, just put so much milk in each glass.

2.  […]

[so much] (2)  {pron.}

A limited amount; some; a price or amount that is agreed or will be agreed on.

You can do only so much in a day.

Milk costs so much a quart but cream costs so much a pint.

Compare: [SO MANY] (2).

[so much] (3)  {adv.}

By that much; by the amount shown; even. — Used with the comparative and usually followed by "the".

I can't go tomorrow. So much the better; we'll go today.

John isn't coming to the picnic. So much the more for us to eat!  […]