little jelentése

little jelentése: adjective, pronoun, determiner, adverb

1 A1 kicsi, kis (méret, mennyiség)

It came in a little box.

a little dog/nose/room

He gave a little smile.

2 A1 kicsi, kis (fiatal)

When you were little your hair was really curly.

She was my little sister and I looked after her.

Her little boy isn't well.

3 B1 kis (nem lényeges/fontos)

They argue over every little thing.

She gets really stressed by little problems.

4 B2 kis, rövid, kevés (idő, távolság)

It'll only take a little while to finish this.

Let's have a little break.

It's only a little way to the school.

5 B2 kis (tetszés/nemtetszés hangsúlyozása) [always before noun]

Oh, what a sweet little house!

It's not a bad little restaurant, this, is it?

He's a nasty little man.

B1 kevés (mennyiség)

I could only hear a little of what they were saying.

He does as little as possible at work.

There's not much flour left but you're welcome to the/what little there is.

She slept very little that night.

We did very little on Sunday.

little jelentése – kifejezések:

little by litte B2 lassan, lassanként

Little by little, the boy learned to trust us.

B1 kevés (nem sok/nem elég)

They have very little money.

There's so little choice.

Little of their wealth now remains.

little jelentése – kifejezések:

a little sth B1 egy kis, egy kevés

It just needs a little effort.

C1 kevéssé (nem nagyon/nem eléggé)

a little-known fact

Little did he know what lay in store for him.

little jelentése – kifejezések:

a little B2 egy kicsit (formal)

There's only a little further to go.

a little bit A2 egy kicsit (slightly informal)

I was a little bit worried by what she said.

We'll wait a little bit and then I'll phone them.

little more/better C2 nem sokkal több/jobb

We earned little more than pocket money.

She's little better than a thief.

Életkor, fiatalság – Rövid időtartam – Folytonosság, tartósság – Kevés – Hasonlítás, fokozás – Részben, kismértékben – Lényegtelen – Hangsúlyozás, nyomatékosítás