The frog blew himself up too much because he wanted to look bigger than the ox. Am I bigger than him? No, you are still smaller than him.

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In the last sentence, what is the meaning of 'still'? Is still the same as 'much, or 'far' emphasizing the comparative sentence? Or does 'still' mean the definition 'used when saying that something continues to be the same as before, or has not happened yet' as in the Longman dictionary?

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... than he. (Remember that "him" is for objects and "he" is for subjects.)

In the second sentence, "still" carries the meaning of "you continue to be" ...
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