Sentence:  Alex 's instruction was rapid , for the doctor had to go off to the Rue Ecole de Medecine to hear <WSD>more</WSD> speeches with only time for one sip of wine to sustain him through them all . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree