to+be+few+in+number

adj. a few, several

adv. a few, a number of, one or two

n. several

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"1. counted, numbered. 2. bearing (a certain) number: 8 sayılı kart the card bearing the number eight. 3. limited in number; in limited supply; few and far between. 4. (one of) a very few (persons, things): Onu görmüş olan sayılı kişilerden biridir. She´s one of the very few who saw him. 5. best, topnotch: O kadın sayılı yazarlarımızdan biridir. She´s one of our best writers. 6. special, exceptional. - gün/günler çabuk/tez geçer. proverb Deadlines come to an end in no time flat."

"1. finger. 2. toe. 3. spoke (of a wheel). 4. bar, rail (in a railing or grill); baluster. 5. inch (2.5 centimeters). 6. finger (measure used to determine the amount of liquid in a glass). 7. the amount of material that will stick to a finger: bir parmak bal a taste of honey. 8. the length of a finger (used in making rough measurements). -ı ağzında kalmak to be greatly astonished, be open-mouthed with amazement; to marvel at something wonderful. - atmak to make trouble, stir up a stink. - basmak 1. /a/ to draw attention to (a point). 2. to put one´s thumbprint on (a document) (in lieu of a signature). -ımı basarım. colloq. You mark my words! -ını bile oynatamamak/kıpırdatamamak not to be able to move a muscle (owing to fatigue). -ını bile oynatmamak/kıpırdatmamak not to lift so much as a finger (to help). - bozmak (for children) to be on the outs with each other. -ına dolamak/sarmak /ı/ to get (something) on the brain. -la gösterilmek 1. to be a person of distinction, be famous. 2. to be small in number, be so few one can count them on the fingers of one hand (as it were). - hesabı 1. (doing arithmetic by) counting on one´s fingers. 2. metrical system based on a count of syllables. - ısırmak to be greatly astonished, be open-mouthed with amazement; to marvel at something wonderful. - ısırtmak /a/ to leave (someone) open-mouthed with astonishment; to cause (someone) to marvel. - izi fingerprint, dactylogram. - kadar small, mere slip of a (child). - kaldı almost, very nearly. - kaldırmak 1. to raise one´s hand (with only the index finger extended) (done as a means of asking permission to speak). 2. to vote in favor of a motion. - kapı 1. gate made of vertical bars. 2. hinged window grate. -ı olmak /da/ to have a finger in (something), have something to do with (something). -ında oynatmak /ı/ to twist (someone) around one´s little finger, dominate (someone) completely. -ını oynatmak to give a bribe, grease someone´s palm. - parmak finger-shaped, fingerlike. -la sayılmak to be so few one can count them on the fingers of one hand (so to speak). -ını sokmak /a/ to interfere in, meddle in (something); to stick one´s oar in. - tatlısı a sweet, finger-shaped pastry. -ının ucunda/ucuyla çevirmek /ı/ to do (something) easily and skillfully. -ının ucunu göstermemek (for a woman) to cover herself so that a man may see no part of her body whatsoever. - usulü metrical system based on a count of syllables. - üzümü a grape whose fruit is somewhat elongated. -ını yaranın üzerine basmak to put one´s finger on the real problem. -larını (birlikte) yemek to find a food very much to one´s liking, relish every mouthful of a food."

"1. (something) which has (a specified number of) sides: sekiz yanlı bir ev an octagonal house. 2. /ın/ supporter of; advocate of; adherent of; partisan of: Bu yöntemin yanlıları az. There are few who advocate this method."