Mislil semLevelse običajno nanaša na višino nečesa, toda kateri drugi izrazi ga lahko nadomestijo?

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Rebecca
V tem primeru lahko rečete the amount of water had increasedali preprosteje there was more water. Vendar pa je najbolj razširjen izraz level. Razlog za to je, da se beseda leveluporablja za vrednost, ki temelji na površini ali tleh, na primer globini ali višini. Posledično se še posebej naravno meša z besedami, kot so kopalna kad, jez, ocean, jezero in reka. Primer: The sea level had risen since that morning. They couldn't cross the beach to get back. (Gladina morja se je od tistega jutra dvignila, zato niso mogli prečkati plaže in se vrniti.) Primer: There had been a drought for about a year now. The water level at the dam hadn't risen enough. (Suša traja že eno leto, voda v jezu pa se ni dovolj dvignila.) Primer: After the rain, the river had more water flowing in it. (reka je nabreknila po dežju)