Grammar Quiz No.107

N1Reading Comprehension〜どころか

彼は英語___、フランス語もドイツ語も話せる。

Q. What does どころか add to the sentence?

Translation

Never mind English — he can speak French and German too.

Explanation

AどころかB escalates: 'not just A — even B'. It signals that stating A alone drastically understates the reality. The sentence stacks additional languages on top of English.