bên cạnh so với 
beside like: so với → →
Wie findest du diese Wohnung im Vergleich zur ersten? ☊ 
Em thấy căn hộ này như thế nào so với căn hộ thứ nhất? ☊ (Lektion 43, Nr. 621) Ich wusste gar nicht, dass Zahnärzte eine ganz andere Ausbildung bekommen als Ärzte. ☊ Anh chẳng biết là nha sỹ được đào tạo khác hẳn so với các bác sỹ khác. ☊ (Lektion 83, Nr. 1183) Aber sie bekommen im Durchschnitt 12 Prozent weniger bezahlt als ihre männlichen Kollegen. ☊ Nhưng trung bình họ nhận được lương ít hơn 12 phần trăm so với những đồng nghiệp nam. ☊ (Lektion 83, Nr. 1186) Leider komme ich 30 Minuten später an als geplant. ☊ Rất xin lỗi tôi đến muộn hơn 30 phút so với dự định. ☊ (Lektion 97, Nr. 1562) Wie unterscheiden Sie sich von anderen Bewerbern? ☊ Anh / Chị có điểm khác biệt nào so với các người xin việc khác? ☊ (Lektion 107, Nr. 1910) Von anderen Bewerbern unterscheidet mich, dass ich sowohl alle Qualifikationen mitbringe als auch schon mehrere Jahre Erfahrung in dieser Branche habe. ☊ Tôi khác biệt so với các người xin việc khác ở kinh nghiệm chuyên môn cũng như kinh nghiệm thực tiễn lâu năm trong lĩnh vực này. ☊ (Lektion 107, Nr. 1920) Wir hinken dem Zeitplan hinterher. ☊ Chúng ta đang bị chậm so với tiến độ dự kiến. ☊ (Lektion 117, Nr. 2212) Dieses Produkt ist im Angebot: Es kostet jetzt nur noch die Hälfte. ☊ Sản phẩm này đang có khuyến mại, giá bán còn một nửa so với giá bán bình thường. ☊ (Lektion 118, Nr. 2250) He was tall for his age (= taller than you would expect, considering his age). ☊ age ☊
I feel an awful lot better than I did yesterday. ☊ awful ☊
Her work was well below average for the class. ☊ below ☊
It costs a bit more than I wanted to spend. ☊ bit ☊
Clearly, this will cost a lot more than we realized. ☊ clearly ☊
Company profits were 5% lower than last year. ☊ company ☊
My own problems seem insignificant compared with other people's. ☊ compare ☊
I've had some difficulties, but they were nothing compared to yours (= they were not nearly as bad as yours). ☊ compare ☊
Standards in health care have improved enormously compared to 40 years ago. ☊ compare ☊
The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first. ☊ by/in comparison (with sb/sth) ☊
The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York's skyscrapers. ☊ by/in comparison (with sb/sth) ☊
to gain a competitive advantage over rival companies ☊ competitive ☊
concentrate sth: Nothing concentrates the mind better than the knowledge that you could die tomorrow (= it makes you think very clearly). ☊ concentrate ☊
American English is significantly different from British English. ☊ different ☊
It's different now than it was a year ago. ☊ different ☊
I was at a disadvantage compared to the younger members of the team. ☊ disadvantage ☊
the value of the euro against the dollar ☊ euro ☊
Concern is growing over the number of children excluded from school (= not allowed to attend because of bad behaviour). ☊ exclude ☊
The new tax is fairer than the old system. ☊ fair ☊
The final figure looks like being much higher than predicted. ☊ figure ☊
The implication in his article is that being a housewife is greatly inferior to every other occupation. ☊ implication ☊
Some drugs are being used on a much larger scale than previously. ☊ large ☊
The situation is far worse than we had been led to believe. ☊ lead ☊
He managed to hold a lead of two seconds over his closest rival. ☊ lead ☊
Add a level tablespoon of flour (= enough to fill the spoon but not so much that it goes above the level of the edge of the spoon). ☊ level ☊
The sun was low in the sky. ☊ low ☊
He's singing an octave lower than the rest of us. ☊ low ☊
Some people prefer the older version to the new one. It's a matter of taste. ☊ matter ☊
She was far more intelligent than her sister. ☊ more ☊
Our problems have multiplied since last year. ☊ multiply ☊
She has a 12-point lead over her nearest rival. ☊ near ☊
It's normally much warmer than this in July. ☊ normally ☊
They were still 100 metres off the summit. ☊ off ☊
Experience is more important for this job than paper qualifications (= that exist on paper, but may not have any real value). ☊ paper ☊
Career possibilities for women are much greater than they were fifty years ago. ☊ possibility ☊
There is little evidence that harsher punishments deter any better than more lenient ones. ☊ punishment ☊
to break the record (= to achieve a better result than there has ever been before) ☊ record ☊
Its brain is small in relation to (= compared with) its body. ☊ relation ☊
They now live in relative comfort (= compared with how they lived before). ☊ relative ☊
This decision represents a significant departure from previous policy. ☊ represent ☊
a calculated risk (= one that you think is small compared with the possible benefits) ☊ risk ☊
A much smaller number of students passed than I had expected. ☊ small ☊
That dress is too small for you. ☊ small ☊
Houses are less expensive in the North than in the South (= of England). ☊ south ☊
The euro is getting stronger against the dollar. ☊ strong ☊
This model is technically superior to its competitors. ☊ superior ☊
There was more whisky in it than soda. ☊ than ☊
It was much better than I'd expected. ☊ than ☊
He never comes to see me these days (= now, as compared with the past). ☊ this ☊
win against sb/sth: France won by six goals to two against Denmark. ☊ win ☊
It's much easier compared with last time. ☊ with ☊
worse than sth: The interview was much worse than he had expected. ☊ worse ☊
The increase in taxes means that we'll be £30 a month worse off than before. ☊ be worse off (than sb/sth) ☊
I've only broken my arm; other people are far worse off than me. ☊ be worse off (than sb/sth) ☊
It was ten degrees below zero last night (= −10°C). ☊ zero ☊