English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Quite a few students hadn’t registered. 
[a surprisingly or undesirably 
large
number]
There was only a 
smattering of women authors among the prize winners. 
[small proportion]
Would you like a 
dash/smidgen of chilli sauce with your kebab? 
[very small quantity]
I’d like a 
dollop of ice cream with my fruit salad. 
[usually a small amount; however, we can also say a
large dollop]
I used to have 
stacks of CDs with my files on, but now I have them all on one memory stick. 
[a large 
number or quantity of; 
informal
]
Making things less precise in informal conversation
More or less is often used with verbs and adverbs to make things more vague:
I think we’ve 
more or less solved the problem with the computer now.
My English is 
more or less the same level as the other students in the class.
A bit and a bit of a are used with adjectives and nouns to soften the meaning:
I’m 
a bit fed up with all the complaints I’m getting.
We were in 
a bit of a panic when we heard there was a strike at the airport.
Or whatever, or something, things like that and that kind of thing are useful expressions for 
referring vaguely to things and actions:
You could work on Saturday, then spend Sunday going to museums or galleries 
or whatever. 
[or similar activities]
If you don’t want tea, have a lemonade 
or something. 
[any other kind of drink you want]
In the evenings we played board games 
and things like that / and that kind of thing. 
[different kinds 
of entertaining activities]
We need a big container made of plastic; a dustbin or 
something along those lines would do. 
[something fitting that description]
He said he was fed up with all the attacks and criticisms,