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81 little
I.little1 [ˈlɪtl]II.little2 [ˈlɪtl]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. pronoun3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective( = not much) peu de► a little... ( = some) un peu de...• would you like a little milk in your tea? voulez-vous un peu de lait dans votre thé ?• we're having a little trouble nous avons un petit problème► no little...2. pronouna. ( = not much) pas grand-chose• that has very little to do with it! ça n'a pas grand-chose à voir !• however little you give, we'll be grateful votre contribution, même la plus modeste, sera la bienvenueb. ( = small amount) the little I have seen is excellent le peu que j'en ai vu est excellent• every little helps ( = gift) tous les dons sont les bienvenus3. adverba. ( = not much) they spoke very little on the way home ils n'ont pas dit grand-chose sur le chemin du retour► a little... ( = somewhat) un peu...b. ( = not at all) he little imagined that... il était loin de s'imaginer que...• little did he think that... il était loin de se douter que...c. ( = rarely) rarement• you could get one for as little as £20 on peut en trouver pour seulement 20 livres• you can eat well for as little as $5 on peut bien manger pour 5 dollars• I like him as little as you do je ne l'aime pas plus que toi► little by little petit à petit peu à peu► to make little of sth ( = accomplish easily) faire qch sans aucun mal ; ( = play down) minimiser qch ; ( = underestimate) sous-estimer qch• the sailors made little of loading the huge boxes les marins chargeaient les énormes caisses sans aucun mal• he made little of his opportunities ( = failed to exploit) il n'a pas tiré parti des possibilités qu'il avait► to say little for sb ( = reflect badly on)* * *Note: When little is used as a quantifier ( little hope, little damage) it is translated by peu de: peu d'espoir, peu de dégâtsWhen a little is used as a pronoun ( give me a little) it is translated by un peu: donne-m'en un peuWhen little is used alone as a pronoun ( there's little I can do) it is very often translated by pas grand-chose: je ne peux pas faire grand-choseFor examples of these and other uses of little as a pronoun ( to do as little as possible etc) see II belowFor uses of little and a little as adverbs see the entry belowI 1. ['lɪtl](comparative less; superlative least) quantifier2. 3.too little money — trop peu or pas assez d'argent
1) ( not much) peu2) ( not at all)4.a little (bit) adverbial phrase ( slightly) un peu5.a little less/more — un peu moins/plus
as little as adverbial phraseII ['lɪtl]as little as £60 — juste 60 livres sterling
1) ( small) [house, smile, voice] petit (before n)poor little thing — pauvre petit/-e m/f
2) ( young) [sister, boy] petit (before n)3) ( in a small way) [farmer, businessman] petit (before n)4) ( expressing scorn)5) ( short) [snooze] petit (before n)••to make little of — ( not understand) ne pas comprendre grand-chose à [speech]
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82 чаще
adv. ( comparative or superlative of часто, частый), more often, more frequently, more rapidly;
чаще всего - most commonly, most often -
83 bitchy
['biçi] adj. zhrg. gërnjar; idhnak; i lig ( Adjective bitchy, Comparative bitchier, Superlative bitchiest) -
84 catty
['kæti] adj 1. i keq, i lig. 2. si mace; prej maceje ( Adjective catty, Comparative cattier, Superlative cattiest) -
85 chary
['çeëri] adj 1. i kujdesshëm; i matur. 2. i druajtur; fjalëpakë ( Adjective chary, Comparative charier, Superlative chariest) -
86 cheery
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87 cheesy
['çi:zi] adj 1. si djathë. 2. zhrg. përb i keq, i dobët ( Adjective cheesy, Comparative cheesier, Superlative cheesiest) -
88 choky
['çouki] n., adj. -n. burg (zhargon britanez) (pl. chokies)/- adj. që i merret fryma ( Adjective choky, Comparative chokier, Superlative chokiest) -
89 choppy
[chop·py || 'çopi] adj. i dallgëzuar, i stuhishëm, i trazuar; i ndryshueshëm, që ndryshohet shpesh ( Adjective choppy, Comparative choppier, Superlative choppiest) -
90 chummy
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91 classy
['klæsi] adj. zhrg. i klasit, i stilittë lartë ( Adjective classy, Comparative classier, Superlative classiest) -
92 coarse
[ko:s] adj 1. i ashpër, i trashë (rërë). 2. e ashpër (pëlhurë). 3. i rëndomtë, pa cilësi (ushqim, veshje). 4. i vrazhdë, vulgar; coarse manners sjellje e vrazhdë/e pagdhendur ( Adjective coarse, Comparative coarser, Superlative coarsest)● coarse fishing ['ko:s'fishing] n. peshkim me grep● coarse-grained ['ko:sgreind] adj. kokërrmadh, i trashë -
93 cosy
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94 crafty
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95 crisp
[krisp] adj.,v. -adj. i thyeshëm. 2. i acartë. 3. i freskët, gjallërues (ajër). 4. kaçurrel, i dredhur. 5. i prerë (urdhër). 6. (gjithashtu potato crisps) Brit. fileta të holla patatesh të fërguara në vaj. (te ne njihen si çipsa)/ ( Adjective crisp, Comparative crisper, Superlative crispest) /-v. bëj të brishtë -
96 dopey
dop ( e) y ['doupi] adj. zhrg 1. i droguar; i përgjumur, i topitur. 2. shumë i trashë. ( Adjective dopey, dopy, Comparative dopier, Superlative dopiest) -
97 knotty
['noti] adj 1. me nyje, plot nyje. 2. i vështirë, i ngatërruar (problem) -
98 lofty
['lofti] adj 1. shumë i lartë (mal etj). 2. i lartë, fisnik (qëllimi). 3. kryelartë; superior, përçmues (qëndrim) ( Adjective lofty, Comparative loftier, Superlative loftiest) -
99 meek
[mi:k] adj. i butë, i duruar, i urtë, i bindur. ( Adjective meek, Comparative meeker, Superlative meekest) -
100 shitty
['shiti] adj. i qelbur; i ndyrë; i neveritshëm; what a shitty thing to happen! ç'maskarallëk ( Adjective shitty, Comparative shittier, Superlative shittiest)
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