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1 ♦ slight
♦ slight (1) /slaɪt/a.3 esiguo; leggero; lieve; scarso; tenue; piccolo: a slight cold, un lieve raffreddore; He spoke with a slight American accent, parlava con un lieve accento americano; to pay slight attention, prestare scarsa attenzione; There isn't the slightest excuse for it, non c'è al riguardo la minima giustificazione; I haven't the slightest idea, non ne ho la benché minima idea4 di scarsa importanza; di poco peso (fig.); inconsistente; DIALOGO → - Changing a hotel booking- There's a slight problem, c'è un piccolo problema● slight breeze, lieve brezza; bava di vento □ in the slightest, minimamente; affatto: I didn't take it amiss in the slightest, non me la sono presa affatto! □ Not in the slightest!, neanche a dirlo!; nemmeno per sogno!slight (2) /slaɪt/n.1 affronto; ingiuria; offesa; mancanza di rispetto (o di riguardo); sprezzo: to put a slight upon sb., far un affronto a q.2 negligenza; trascuratezza.(to) slight /slaɪt/v. t.1 disdegnare; sdegnare; sprezzare2 far poco conto di; mancare di rispetto a; ingiuriare; offendere
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