1. got three times bigger

2. almost grown by three times

3. nearly tripled

4. gone up three times

5. near tripled

1. so many as

2. as much as

3. as far as

4. as best as

5. as many as

1. where I had been so many years

2. where had I been so many years

3. where have I been so many years

4. where I have been so many years

5. Where I was so years

1. hopeless

2. shaky

3. baffled

4. confident

5. bloody

1. harsh

2. colossal

3. careless

4. careful

5. keen