Düne nazaran bugün hava daha güzel.
- Compared to yesterday, the weather is better today.
Sana nazaran, Tom sadece bir çocuk.
- Compared to you, Tom is just a kid.
Bay Johnson'ın evi evimin yanındadır.
- Mr Johnson's house is next to my house.
Onun yanında, ben bizim sınıfta en hızlı koşucuyum.
- Next to him, I'm the fastest runner in our class.
Mutfakta neredeyse hiçbir şeyimiz yoktu.
- We had next to nothing in the kitchen.
İkizler o kadar benziyorlar ki birini diğerinden ayırt etmek neredeyse imkansız.
- The twins look so much alike it's next to impossible to distinguish one from the other.
It has greatly improved compared with what it was.
- Es hat gewaltige Fortschritte gemacht im Vergleich zu früher.
It is a great improvement as compared with what it was last year.
- Es ist ein gewaltiger Fortschritt im Vergleich zum letzten Jahr.