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Suddenly, I felt that I was a fish out of water and I didn’t know how to spend the much spare time.
Does the sentence above look fine to you? Not to me. I think "much" does not work there, because I don't see "much" as an adjective in the dictionary. However, another sentence popped into my head:
Suddenly, I felt that I was a fish out of water and I didn’t know how to spend the much spare time.
Does the sentence above look fine to you? Not to me. I think "much" does not work there, because I don't see "much" as an adjective in the dictionary. However, another sentence popped into my head:
I don't have much time.
This "much" looks like an adjective.
What do you think? Thanks.
We usually say "I felt like a fish out of water".
How about:
I felt like a fish out of water and didn't know what to do with my spare time.
"much" as an adjective? 
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