miles
/maɪlz/ adverb C2- much; a lot (used to emphasise a comparative) · Her new paintings are miles better than her older ones.
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A thousand miles we galloped fast,
“I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?” she said aloud.
Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think—” (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a _very_ good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) “—yes, that’s about the right distance—but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?” (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.)
“Nearly two miles high,” added the Queen.
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