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farther

(= further) to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage ('further' is used more often than 'farther' in this abstract sense) further complicated by uncertainty about the future let's not discuss it further nothing could be further from the truth they are further along in their research than we expected the application of the law was extended farther he is going no farther in his studies (= further) to or at a greater distance in time or space ('farther' is used more frequently than 'further' in this physical sense) farther north moved farther away farther down the corridor the practice may go back still farther to the Druids went only three miles further further in the future more distant in especially space or time they live in the farther house (= further) more distant in especially degree nothing could be further from the truth further from our expectations farther from the truth farther from our expectations

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Simple sentences

I can't walk any farther.
He was too tired to go any farther.
The school is farther than the station.
I cannot walk any farther.
We cannot go any farther without a rest.
He was too tired to walk any farther.
They walked three miles farther.
I was too tired to walk any farther.
I need a table that's a bit farther away from the policemen.
Farther on, we came upon a house.
If the Earth was any closer to the Sun, it would be too hot to support life. If the Earth was any farther away from the Sun, it would be too cold to support life.
Eris is the most distant member of our solar system known at this time. It is 3 times farther out than Pluto.
Temperatures in the Arctic are rising 2 to 3 times faster than temperatures farther south.
The sun is farther from the earth than the moon.
The house is farther on.
From my house, Tom's house is just 4 km farther than Mary's house.
As I recall, Tom's house is a little farther in from the main road.
You need to drive farther south to reach Boston.

Movie subtitles

I simply can't go any farther.
Yes, and I may go a great deal farther.
It'd be safer if you were farther up the street, madam.
I'll give you five pounds if you take me as far as Borgo Pass, no farther.
They're leaving us farther behind every day.
Farther back? - Yeah, further back, why not? - It's silly to sit farther back.
How much farther?
It's getting farther and farther away.
You, restless soul, will be moving farther and farther off.
He seems to have aged a great deal in the last few weeks, don't you think so, Miss Eliza? Perhaps the wish is farther from the thought, Mr. Collins.
Julia, how much farther do we have to go?
Probably the farther from home, the nearer the truth.
They'll go no farther.
We'll be pushing farther west every year. and by the time I get back to Toronto, you'll probably be married. - and have a family of grown-up children.
Keep her warm as you get farther north, and let her out of her box to play.
They refuse to go any farther.
How much farther is it?
Anyway, you better not attend any farther meetings. You're the only one in this group involved in the Heydrich affair.
I guess I'd come a lot farther than Hartford to hear you say that.
We've gone farther than that.
Farther the better. let's go.
The farther, the better.
I'm going farther than that.
Yes, yes, the farther off, the better.
Well, now, you two run away and play, back of the stable or even farther, dear.
How much farther is it to Orzano?
May we never be farther apart.
No. No, you don't know what it means to see your only child grow farther, farther, and farther away from you.

News and current affairs

Nevertheless, I suspect that the age of American exceptionalism is near an end, and soon per capita income in Europe and Japan will approach that of the US, rather than falling farther behind.
Nothing could be farther from the truth.
For more than a century, cars have enabled billions of people to travel farther, faster, and more efficiently than ever before.
In the US, the rungs of the ladder are farther apart than elsewhere, and the distance from the top to the bottom is greater.
On a recent visit to Africa, a senior agricultural scientist said that in today's world, the scientist is closer than ever before to the farmer, but farther away than ever from the policymakers.
To answer these questions, look no farther than soccer.
But Hamas's victory suggests that the gaps between the Israeli and Palestinian sides will grow even wider, and that the chances for a negotiated settlement will recede even farther into the future.
In the last two decades, the world as a whole has gotten richer, but, while some national economies have advanced sharply, others have fallen farther behind.
Others seemed close to doing so (Yemen, Morocco, and Jordan) or had a possible political opening but are now substantially farther away from being electorally competitive (Egypt and, arguably, Algeria).
It repeats the mantra that the countries that went farther down the path of globalization became the ones with the greatest success in economic growth and poverty reduction.
The ECB is moving ever farther into uncharted territory.
Today, we are poised to take another giant step, one that will bring us back into the natural system of our planet rather than remove us farther from it.
When French President Nicolas Sarkozy, himself the son of immigrants, says that there are too many foreigners in France, he drives young men like Merah farther into a corner.
True enough, the European Union has gone farther down the pacifist road than the US.
The EU and NATO are unable to expand farther, even though they may want to maintain post-Soviet countries' interest in membership in order to prevent their possible return to Russia's orbit.
With this unique mix of insider knowledge and outsider status, and a freshness that both main candidates lack, Enríquez-Ominami has gone farther than most observers predicted.
I am pleased that two initiatives launched in Paris will take us farther down the renewable-energy path.
Syria's brutal civil war, which has been raging for years, seemed even farther away.
Another blowout in the same waters 31 years ago, farther south on the Mexican side of the Gulf, turned into the largest peacetime oil spill ever.
Farther away, in Libya and Syria, the Saudis have said little, perhaps to avoid picking the losing side in uncertain circumstances.

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