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41 little
'litl
1. adjective1) (small in size: He is only a little boy; when she was little (= a child).) pequeño2) (small in amount; not much: He has little knowledge of the difficulties involved.) poco3) (not important: I did not expect her to make a fuss about such a little thing.) sin importancia
2. pronoun((only) a small amount: He knows little of the real world.) poco
3. adverb1) (not much: I go out little nowadays.) poco2) (only to a small degree: a little-known fact.) poco3) (not at all: He little knows how ill he is.) nada, ni la menor idea•- a little- little by little
- make little of
little1 adj1. pequeñopoor little thing! ¡pobrecito!2. pocolittle2 adv pron pocotr['lɪtəl]1 (small) pequeño,-a■ you poor little thing! ¡pobrecillo!2 (not much) poco,-a1 poco■ more tea? --just a little, please ¿quieres más té? --un poco, por favor1 poco■ little did I know that... yo no tenía la menor idea de que...\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLlittle by little poco a pocolittle or nothing casi nadanot a little ironic muylittle finger dedo meñique1) : pocoshe sings very little: canta muy poco2)little did I know that... : no tenía la menor idea de que...3)as little as possible : lo menos posible1) small: pequeño2) : pocothey speak little Spanish: hablan poco españollittle by little: poco a poco3) trivial: sin importancia, triviallittle n1) : poco mlittle has changed: poco ha cambiado2)a little : un poco, algoit's a little surprising: es algo sorprendenteadj.• chico, -a adj.• corto, -a adj.• enano, -a adj.• escaso, -a adj.• menudo, -a adj.• mezquino, -a adj.• meñique adj.• parvo, -a adj.• pequeño, -a adj.• poco, -a adj.adv.• poco adv.n.• poco s.m.
I 'lɪtḷ1) adjectivea) ( small) pequeño, chico (esp AmL)she is a little bit better — está un poquito mejor or algo mejor
b) ( young) pequeño, chico (esp AmL)when I was little — cuando era pequeña or pequeñita or (esp AmL) chica or chiquita
my little sister/brother — mi hermanita/hermanito
c) ( insignificant) pequeñothen there's the little matter of... — (iro) está también el pequeño detalle de... (iró)
3) ( expressing speaker's attitude) (colloq) (before n)a) ( not much) pocob)with not a little sadness — (frml) con no poca tristeza
II
a) ( not much) poco, -cafrom as little as $2,000 — a partir de tan sólo 2.000 dólares
he was rather abrupt, to say the least — estuvo un poco brusco, por no decir otra cosa
b)she ate a little — comió algo or un poco
III
a) ( not much) pocoit is a little known fact that... — es un hecho poco conocido que...
the campaign has been somewhat less than a success — la campaña no ha tenido mucho éxito que digamos
b) (hardly, not)little did he know that... — lo que menos se imaginaba era que...
no one likes him, least of all his brother — nadie lo quiere, y su hermano menos que nadie
c)do you speak French? - a little — ¿hablas francés? - algo or un poco
a little less noise, please — hagan menos ruido, por favor
I ['lɪtl]1. ADJ1) (=small) pequeño, chico (LAm)a little house — una casa pequeña or (LAm) chica
a little book — un libro pequeño or (LAm) chico
when I was little — cuando era pequeña, de pequeña
the little ones — (=children) los pequeños
2) (=short) corto3) (=diminutive) (in cpds) -itoa little book/boat/piece etc — un librito/barquitoocito etc
a little girl — una niñita, una chiquita
a little fish — un pececillo, un pececito
the little woman — hum (=wife) la costilla *, la parienta (Sp) *
it's the little man who suffers — (=small trader) el pequeño comerciante es el que sale perdiendo
4) (=younger)her little brother — su hermano menor, su hermanito
2.CPDlittle end N — (Brit) (Aut) pie m de biela
Little Englander N — (Brit) (Hist) en el siglo XIX, persona con ideas opuestas a la ampliación del imperio británico ; (=chauvinist) patriotero(-a) m / f ; (=anti-European) anti-europeoísta mf
little finger N — dedo m meñique, meñique m
the little folk NPL — (=fairies) los duendecillos
Little League N — (US) liga de béisbol aficionado para jóvenes de entre 6 y 18 años
the little people NPL — (=fairies) los duendecillos
little toe N — dedo m pequeño del pie
II ['lɪtl] (compar less) (superl least)1. PRON1) (=not much) pocoto see/do little — ver/hacer poco
that has little to do with it! — ¡eso tiene poco que ver!
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as little as £5 — 5 libras, nada más•
to make little of sth — (=play down) quitarle importancia a algo; (=fail to exploit) desaprovechar algothey made little of loading the huge boxes — (=accomplish easily) cargaron las enormes cajas como si nada
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little of what he says is true — poco de lo que dice es verdad•
little or nothing — poco o nada•
he lost weight because he ate so little — adelgazó porque comía muy poco•
I know too little about him to have an opinion — no lo conozco lo suficiente para poder opinar2) (=some)•
little by little — poco a poco•
however little you give, we'll be grateful — agradeceremos su donativo, por pequeño que sea•
a little less/ more milk — un poco menos/más de leche•
the little I have seen is excellent — lo poco que he visto me ha parecido excelenteevery•
I did what little I could — hice lo poco que pude3) (=short time)•
for a little — un rato, durante un rato2. ADJ1) (=not much) pocowith little difficulty — sin problema or dificultad
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so much to do, so little time — tanto que hacer y en tan poco tiempo•
he gave me too little money — me dio poquísimo dinero•
I have very little money — tengo muy poco dinero2) (=some)•
a little bit (of) — un poquito (de)•
with no little trouble — con bastante dificultad, con no poca dificultad3) (=short)3. ADV1) (=not much) poco•
try to move as little as possible — intenta moverte lo menos posible(as) little as I like him, I must admit that... — aunque me gusta muy poco, debo admitir que...
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a little known fact — un hecho poco conocido•
little more than — poco más que•
a little read book — un libro poco leído, un libro que se lee poco•
it's little short of a miracle — es casi un milagro2) (=somewhat) algowe were a little surprised/happier — nos quedamos algo sorprendidos/más contentos
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a little better — un poco mejor, algo mejor•
a little less/ more than... — un poco menos/más que...•
we were not a little worried — nos inquietamos bastante, quedamos muy inquietos3) (=not at all)little does he know that..., he little knows that... — no tiene la menor idea de que...
4) (=rarely) pocoit occurs very little in small companies — raramente ocurre or es raro que ocurra en empresas pequeñas
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I ['lɪtḷ]1) adjectivea) ( small) pequeño, chico (esp AmL)she is a little bit better — está un poquito mejor or algo mejor
b) ( young) pequeño, chico (esp AmL)when I was little — cuando era pequeña or pequeñita or (esp AmL) chica or chiquita
my little sister/brother — mi hermanita/hermanito
c) ( insignificant) pequeñothen there's the little matter of... — (iro) está también el pequeño detalle de... (iró)
3) ( expressing speaker's attitude) (colloq) (before n)a) ( not much) pocob)with not a little sadness — (frml) con no poca tristeza
II
a) ( not much) poco, -cafrom as little as $2,000 — a partir de tan sólo 2.000 dólares
he was rather abrupt, to say the least — estuvo un poco brusco, por no decir otra cosa
b)she ate a little — comió algo or un poco
III
a) ( not much) pocoit is a little known fact that... — es un hecho poco conocido que...
the campaign has been somewhat less than a success — la campaña no ha tenido mucho éxito que digamos
b) (hardly, not)little did he know that... — lo que menos se imaginaba era que...
no one likes him, least of all his brother — nadie lo quiere, y su hermano menos que nadie
c)do you speak French? - a little — ¿hablas francés? - algo or un poco
a little less noise, please — hagan menos ruido, por favor
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42 exist
intransitive verb1) (be in existence) existieren; [Zweifel, Gefahr, Problem, Brauch, Einrichtung:] bestehenfairies do exist — es gibt Feen
2) (survive) existieren; überleben3) (be found)something exists only in Europe — es gibt etwas nur in Europa
* * *[iɡ'zist]1) (to be something real or actual: Do ghosts really exist?) existieren•- academic.ru/25653/existence">existence* * *ex·ist[ɪgˈzɪst, egˈ-]vi1. (be) existieren, bestehenI will find it, if such a thing \exists wenn es so etwas gibt, dann finde ich esthe realities of poverty \exist for a great many people across the globe Armut ist weltweit für sehr viele Menschen Realitätthere still \exists a shadow of doubt es bestehen immer noch kleine Zweifelfew people can \exist without water for long nur wenige Menschen können längere Zeit ohne Wasser auskommen3. (occur) vorkommensome species only \exist in this area of forest einige Tierarten finden sich nur in diesem Waldgebiet* * *[Ig'zɪst]vi1) (= to be) existieren, besteheneverything that exists —
it only exists in her imagination — das gibt es or das existiert nur in ihrer Fantasie
I want to live, not just exist — ich möchte leben, nicht einfach nur existieren
to continue to exist — fortbestehen, weiter bestehen
the understanding which exists between the two countries — das Einvernehmen zwischen den beiden Ländern
there exist many people who... —
there exists a tradition that... — es gibt den Brauch, dass...
there exists the possibility or the possibility exists that... — es besteht die Möglichkeit, dass...
2) (= live) existieren, leben (on von)can life exist on Mars? — kann auf dem Mars Leben existieren?
she exists on very little — sie kommt mit sehr wenig aus
is it possible to exist on such a small salary? — kann man denn von so einem kleinen Gehalt leben?
3) (= be found) vorkommenthe natural resources which exist in the Antarctic — die Bodenschätze, die in der Antarktis vorkommen
* * *exist [ıɡˈzıst] v/i1. existieren, vorhanden sein, sich finden, vorkommen ( alle:in in dat):exist as existieren in Form von;do such things exist? gibt es so etwas?;the right to exist die Existenzberechtigung;if he did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him wenn es ihn nicht schon gäbe, müsste man ihn erfinden2. existieren, leben ( beide:on von)3. existieren, bestehen* * *intransitive verb1) (be in existence) existieren; [Zweifel, Gefahr, Problem, Brauch, Einrichtung:] bestehen2) (survive) existieren; überleben3) (be found)* * *v.bestehen v.existieren v.leben v.vorhanden sein ausdr. -
43 changeling
[' ein‹liŋ](a child secretly left in place of another by the fairies etc.) forbyttet barn* * *[' ein‹liŋ](a child secretly left in place of another by the fairies etc.) forbyttet barn -
44 fairy-story
1) (an old, or children's, story of fairies, magic etc: a book of fairy-stories.) eventyr2) (an untrue statement; a lie: I don't want to hear any fairy-stories!) historie* * *1) (an old, or children's, story of fairies, magic etc: a book of fairy-stories.) eventyr2) (an untrue statement; a lie: I don't want to hear any fairy-stories!) historie -
45 wand
[wond](a long slender rod eg used as the symbol of magic power by conjurors, fairies etc: In the story, the fairy waved her magic wand and the frog became a prince.) tryllestav* * *[wond](a long slender rod eg used as the symbol of magic power by conjurors, fairies etc: In the story, the fairy waved her magic wand and the frog became a prince.) tryllestav -
46 fairy
['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) álfur, huldukona/-maður- fairy-tale -
47 fairy
tündér-, tündéri, tündér* * *['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) tündér- fairy-tale -
48 fairy
['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) fada- fairy-tale* * *fair.y[f'ɛəri] n 1 fada. 2 sl homossexual, bicha. • adj 1 de fadas. 2 mágico, imaginário. 3 encantador, delicado, gracioso. -
49 fairy
adj. peri gibi, perilere ait, peri————————n. peri, nonoş, homoseksüel, eşcinsel erkek, top* * *peri* * *['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) peri- fairy-tale -
50 fairy
['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) vila; čudežen- fairy-tale* * *I [fʌ/əri]nounvila, škrat, pravljično bitje; slang homoseksualecII [fʌ/əri]adjectivevilinji, škratov, pravljičen, droben -
51 fairy
• ihme• homoseksualisti• keiju• keijukainen• keijukais• haltijatar• haltija• satuolento* * *'feəriplural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) keijukainen- fairy-tale -
52 fairy
['feərɪ]1) (magical being) fata f.2) pop. spreg. checca f., frocio m.* * *['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) fata; di fate- fairy-tale* * *fairy /ˈfɛərɪ/A n.B a.delle fate; di (o da) fata; del mondo delle fate; fatato: fairy queen, regina delle fate; fairy costume, costume da fata● (zool.) fairy armadillo ( Clamyphorus), clamiforo □ ( cucina) fairy cake, piccolo pan di Spagna ricoperto di glassa □ (Austral.) fairy floss, zucchero filato □ fairy godmother, ( nelle favole) fata madrina, fata buona; (fig. fam.) benefattrice □ fairy lights, lucine colorate □ fairy ring, circolo magico; cerchio d'erba più scura (in un prato, attribuito a danze delle fate) □ fairy tale (o fairy story), racconto di fate; fiaba; ( per estens.) storia incredibile, fandonia, frottola □ fairy-tale (agg.), di favola; fiabesco; da favola; magico; irreale.* * *['feərɪ]1) (magical being) fata f.2) pop. spreg. checca f., frocio m. -
53 fairy
['fɛərɪ]n* * *['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) duszek, wróżka- fairy-tale -
54 fairy
['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) feja; pasaku-- fairy-tale* * *feja; homoseksuālists; pasaku, burvju; smalks, viegls -
55 fairy
['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) fėja; pasakų, stebuklų- fairy-tale -
56 fairy
adj. feliknande; älv-; fantasi-, magisk--------n. älva, fe; homosexuell (slang)* * *['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) fe, älva- fairy-tale -
57 fairy
['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) pohádková bytost (víla, skřítek apod.)- fairy-tale* * *• víla• pohádkový• skřítek -
58 fairy
['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) rozprávková bytosť; rozprávkový- fairy-tale* * *• víla• škriatok -
59 fairy
['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.)- fairy-tale -
60 fairy
['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) νεράιδα- fairy-tale
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