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1 fewer
A adj moins de ; there are fewer trains on Sundays il y a moins de trains le dimanche ; there were fewer people/cases than last time il y avait moins de monde/cas que la dernière fois ; fewer and fewer people de moins en moins de gens ; there are fewer and fewer opportunities for doing this kind of thing les occasions de faire ce genre de chose se font de plus en plus rares.B pron moins ; fewer than 50 people moins de 50 personnes ; no fewer than pas moins de ; I have seen fewer recently j'en ai moins vu récemment ; they were fewer than before ils étaient moins nombreux qu'avant. -
2 fewer
fewer [ˈfju:ər]• the fewer the better moins il y en a, mieux c'est* * *['fjuːə(r)] 1.(comparative of few) adjective moins de2.pronoun moins -
3 than
than [ðæn, unstressed ðən](a) (after comparative adj, adv) que;∎ he plays tennis better than I do il joue au tennis mieux que moi;∎ she can walk faster than I can run elle va plus vite en marchant que moi en courant;∎ it's quicker by train than by bus ça va plus vite en train qu'en bus;∎ I was less/more disappointed than angry j'étais moins/plus déçu que fâché∎ no sooner had he finished speaking than everyone made for the door à peine avait-il fini de parler que tout le monde s'est précipité vers la porte;∎ nothing is worse than to spend or spending the holidays on your own rien n'est pire que de passer les vacances tout seul(c) (with "rather", "sooner")∎ I'd do anything rather than have to see him je ferais n'importe quoi plutôt que d'être obligé de le voir;∎ I'd prefer to stay here rather than go out, I'd rather or sooner stay here than go out je préférerais rester ici que de sortir(d) (after "different")∎ he is different than he used to be il n'est plus le même(a) (after comparative adj, adv) que;∎ he plays tennis better than me or I il joue au tennis mieux que moi;∎ the cedars are older than the oaks les cèdres sont plus vieux que les chênes(b) (indicating quantity, number) de;∎ more than 15 people plus de 15 personnes;∎ fewer than 15 people moins de 15 personnes;∎ I've been invited more than once j'ai été invité plus d'une fois;∎ there are more policemen than demonstrators il y a plus de policiers que de manifestants(c) (after "other" in negative clauses)∎ we have no sizes other than 40 or 42 nous n'avons pas d'autres tailles que 40 ou 42;∎ it was none other than the Prime Minister who launched the appeal c'est le Premier ministre en personne ou lui-même qui a lancé l'appel(d) (after "different")∎ she seems different than before elle semble avoir changé;∎ she has different tastes than yours elle a des goûts différents des vôtres -
4 fewer
moins de;∎ more applicants are competing for fewer jobs il y a plus de candidats et moins de postes;∎ there have been fewer accidents than last year il y a eu moins d'accidents que l'an dernier;∎ fewer and fewer people de moins en moins de gens;∎ the fewer people turn up the better moins il y aura de monde et mieux ce sera;∎ no fewer than pas moins de2 pronounmoins;∎ there are fewer of you than I thought vous êtes moins nombreux que je ne le pensais;∎ I've got even/far or a lot fewer than you j'en ai encore/beaucoup moins que toi;∎ the fewer the better moins il y en a mieux c'est;∎ how many days are you going to spend there? - the fewer the better combien de jours vas-tu passer là-bas? - le moins possible -
5 no
no [nəʊ]1. particle2. noun3. adjective━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For set expressions such as by no means, no more, look up the other word━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = not any) pas de• headache or no headache, you'll have to do it (inf) migraine ou pas, tu vas devoir le faire• no nonsense! pas d'histoires ! (inf)4. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For set expressions such as no less (than), no longer, no sooner said than done, look up the other word.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ (with comparative) no bigger/stronger/more intelligent than... pas plus grand/fort/intelligent que...5. compounds► no-man's-land noun (in battle) no man's land m ; ( = wasteland) terrain m vague ; ( = indefinite area) zone f mal définie• it's a no-no ( = forbidden) ça ne se fait pas ; ( = impossible) c'est impossible ► no-nonsense adjective [approach, attitude] raisonnable= nowhere* * *[nəʊ] 1. 2.1) (none, not any)to have no money/shoes — ne pas avoir d'argent/de chaussures
there's no chocolate like Belgian chocolate — il n'y a pas de meilleur chocolat que le chocolat belge
2) ( with gerund)there's no denying that... — (il est) inutile de nier que...
3) ( prohibiting)4) ( for emphasis)at no time did I say that... — je n'ai jamais dit que...
5) ( hardly any)3.noun gen non m inv; ( vote against) non m inv4.it's no further/easier than — ce n'est pas plus loin/facile que
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6 no
noA particle non ; ‘lend me £10’-‘no, I won't’ ‘prête-moi dix livres’-‘non’ ; no thanks non merci ; oh no! ( exasperation) oh NON! ; ( contradicting) non! ; ( polite reassurance) non non!B det1 (none, not any) to have no coat/job/money/shoes ne pas avoir de manteau/de travail/d'argent/de chaussures ; no intelligent man would have done that aucun homme intelligent n'aurait fait cela ; no two dresses are alike il n'y a pas deux robes pareilles ; no two people would agree on this il n'y a pas deux personnes qui seraient d'accord là-dessus ; of no interest/importance sans intérêt/importance ; with no help sans aide ; I have no wish to do je n'ai aucune envie de faire ; he has no intention of going il n'a aucune intention d'y aller ; there's no chocolate like Belgian chocolate il n'y a pas de meilleur chocolat que le chocolat belge ;2 ( with gerund) there's no knowing/saying what will happen impossible de savoir/dire ce qui va arriver ; there's no denying that inutile de nier que ; there's no arguing with him ce n'est pas la peine de discuter avec lui ;3 ( prohibiting) no smoking défense de fumer ; no parking stationnement interdit ; no talking! silence! ; no surrender! on ne se rendra pas! ; no job losses! non aux licenciements! ;4 ( for emphasis) he's no expert ce n'est certes pas un expert! ; you're no friend of mine! tu n'es pas mon ami! ; this is no time to cry ce n'est pas le moment de pleurer ; at no time did I say that je n'ai jamais dit que ; this is no place to stop ce n'est pas un endroit pour s'arrêter ; it was no easy task ce n'était pas une tâche facile ;D adv1 ( not any) it's no further/easier/more interesting than ce n'est pas plus loin/facile/intéressant que ; I no longer work there je n'y travaille plus ; no later than Wednesday pas plus tard que mercredi ; it's no different from driving a car c'est exactement comme conduire une voiture ; no fewer than 50 people pas moins de 50 personnes ; they need no less than three weeks/£1,000 ils ont besoin d'au moins trois semaines/mille livres sterling ; it was the president, no less! iron c'était le président, rien de moins! ;2 ( not) non ; tired or no, you're going to bed que tu sois fatigué ou non, tu vas te coucher ; whether it rains or no qu'il pleuve ou non. -
7 Quantities
Note the use of en (of it or of them) in the following examples. This word must be included when the thing you are talking about is not expressed (the French says literally there is of it a lot, there is of it two kilos, I have of them a lot etc.). However, en is not needed when the commodity is specified e.g. there is a lot of butter = il y a beaucoup de beurre.how much is there?= combien y en a-t-il?there’s a lot= il y en a beaucoup*there’s not much= il n’y en a pas beaucoupthere’s two kilos= il y en a deux kiloshow much sugar have you got?= combien de sucre as-tu?I’ve got a lot= j’en ai beaucoupI’ve not got much= je n’en ai pas beaucoupI’ve got two kilos= j’en ai deux kiloshow many are there?= combien y en a-t-il?there are a lot= il y en a beaucoupthere aren’t many= il n’y en a pas beaucoupthere are twenty= il y en a vingthow many apples have you?= combien de pommes as-tu? or tu as combien de pommes?I’ve got a lot= j’en ai beaucoupI haven’t many= je n’en ai pas beaucoupI’ve got twenty= j’en ai vingtA has got more than B= A en a plus que BA has got more money than B= A a plus d’argent que Bmuch more than= beaucoup plus quea little more than= un peu plus queA has got more apples than B= A a plus de pommes que Bmany more apples than B= beaucoup plus de pommes que Ba few more apples than B= quelques pommes de plus que Ba few more people than yesterday= quelques personnes de plus qu’hierB has got less money than A= B a moins d’argent que AB has got less than A= B en a moins que Amuch less than= beaucoup moins quea little less than= un peu moins queB has got fewer than A= B en a moins que AB has got fewer apples than A= B a moins de pommes que Amany fewer than= beaucoup moins queRelative quantitieshow many are there to the kilo?= combien y en a-t-il au kilo?there are ten to the kilo= il y en a dix au kiloyou can count six to the kilo= il faut en compter six au kilohow many do you get for ten francs?= combien peut-on en avoir pour dix francs?you get five for ten francs= il y en a cinq pour dix francshow much does it cost a litre?= combien coûte le litre?it costs £5 a litre= ça coûte cinq livres le litrehow much do apples cost a kilo?= combien coûte le kilo de pommes?apples cost ten francs a kilo= les pommes coûtent dix francs le kilohow much does it cost a metre?= combien coûte le mètre?how much does your car do to the gallon?= combien consomme votre voiture?it does 28 miles to the gallon= elle fait dix litres aux cent(Note that the French calculate petrol consumption in litres per 100 km. To convert mpg to litres per 100 km and vice versa, simply divide 280 by the known figure.)how many glasses do you get to the bottle?= combien y a-t-il de verres par bouteille?you get six glasses to the bottle= il y a six verres par bouteille -
8 considerably
adverb Considerably fewer people came than I expected.) considérablement
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