They offered me more money than I had asked for.Me ofrecieron más dinero de lo que había pedido.
3.(when expressing preference)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
I can't believe you would rather stay home alone than come to the party with me.No puedo creer que prefieres quedarte en casa sola antes que venir a la fiesta conmigo.
I'd rather do all the work now than be stressed out later.Prefiero hacer todo el trabajo ahora a estar estresado después.
A preposition is a word that indicates the relationship between a noun and another word (e.g. He ran through the door.).
I have more than youtengo más que usted;nobody is more sorry than I (am)nadie lo siente más que yo;more often than noten la mayoría de los casos;they have more money than we havetienen más dinero que nosotros;the car went faster than we had expectedel coche alcanzó una velocidad mayor de lo que habíamos esperado;it is better to phone than to writemás vale llamar por teléfono que escribir
no sooner ... thanno sooner did he arrive than he started to complain
2(with numerals)de
more/less than 90más/menos de 90;more than oncemás de una vez
