Their grandfather was as jovial and sociable as their grandmother was quiet and withdrawn. merriam-webster's vocabulary builder里这句话应该怎么理解，as as 作比较状语从句好像解释不通
...s of
this singular city, and every night to
amusement on the river Brenta. When the morning was nigh, it was the custom
to return to sup at some of the palaces of the nobility.
曹老师好!
1. “the
Venetian women in the full enjoyment of… …”没有系动词were，是状语还是句...
...rn to play the piano?B: She liked to do something difficult.上面对话中的答句是针对 Why…? 这一问句来回答的，但为什么没有用 because 来表示原因呢？难道不应该是这样吗？B: Because she liked to do something difficult.谢谢老师回答！
So I reasoned with myself in the morning, and I tell you the direction of my suspicions, however much the result may have shown that they were unfounded.请教老师：however much 中的much语法怎么分析？这里是much of的省略形式，即much of the result 作主语 吗？