great deal
     n : (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
         "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
         money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
         have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
         deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess}, {mickle},
          {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot}, {quite
         a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy
         sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0