| Traduceri principale |
| less adj | (smaller in quantity) | mai puțin adj. |
| | | mai mic adj. |
| | You have less work than I do. |
| | Ai mai puțin de lucru decât mine. |
| less adv | (not as much or as often as) | mai puțin adv. |
| | Richard exercises less than Audrey does. |
| | Richard se antrenează mai puțin decât Audrey. |
| less prep | (minus) | fără prep. |
| | | minus adv. |
| | The ring sold for $5 million, less tax. |
| | Inelul s-a vândut cu 5 milioane de dolari, fără taxe. |
| less adj | nonstandard (with plural countable noun: fewer) | mai puțin adj. |
| Notă: The correct comparative for plural countable nouns is "fewer", with "less" being used for uncountables, although the latter is very commonly and erroneously used with countable nouns. |
| | I've got less sweets than you. |
| | Am mai puține dulciuri decât tine. |
| less pron | (smaller amount) | mai puțin adv. |
| | The price is fifty dollars, and I won't take less. |
| | Prețul e de cincizeci de dolari și nu accept să plătești mai puțin. |
| less pron | nonstandard (plural countable: fewer) | mai puțin adj. |
| | There are less here than before. |
| | Sunt mai puține aici decât înainte. |
| Traduceri principale |
| little adj | (small in size) | mic adj. |
| | (diminutiv) | micuț adj. |
| | This TV is big, but the one in our bedroom is little. |
| | Televizorul acesta e mare, dar cel din dormitorul nostru este mic. |
| | Televizorul acesta e mare, dar cel din dormitorul nostru e micuț. |
| little adj | (not much) | puțin adv. |
| | She drinks little alcohol. |
| | Sunt doar puțin supărat, nu-ți face griji. |
| little adv | (slightly) | puțin adv. |
| | I am a little drunk, but in no way incapacitated. |
| | Sunt puțin beat, dar în niciun caz nu sunt inconștient. |
| little adv | (small amount) | puțin adv. |
| | The child ate little at dinnertime. |
| | Copilul a mâncat puțin la cină. |
| little adj | (sibling: younger) (vârstă) | mai mic adj. |
| | I have three little brothers and one big sister. |
| | Am trei frați mai mici și o soră mai mare. |
Forme compuse:
less | little |
| couldn't care less about v | (feel completely apathetic towards) | a-l durea în cot de loc.vb. |
| | I couldn't care less about the tabloid headlines. |
| far less adj | (not nearly so, nowhere near as) | mult mai puțin loc.adj. |
| | My sister loves meeting new people; she is far less shy than I am. |
| far less adj | (not nearly as much) | mult mai puțin decât loc.adj. |
| | I watch far less TV than I used to. |
| far less adv | (to a much lesser degree) | mult mai puțin loc.adv. |
| | I play guitar far less since taking up the piano. |
| less and less adv | (to a progressively smaller degree) | din ce în ce mai puțin adv. |
| | As I get older I like the hot weather less and less every year. |
| less than adj | (number: under, not as high as) | mai puțin decât adj. |
| | Her low score was less than satisfactory. |
| less than adj | (not as much or as great as) | mai puțin decât adj. |
| | She ate less than her brother. |
| | Five is less than seven. |
| make [sth/sb] less alarming⇒ vtr | (lessen the shock of [sth]) | a minimiza, a minimaliza vb.tranz. |
| | | a diminua efectul loc.vb. |
| | The prime minister was accused of 'doctoring' crime figures to make them less alarming. |
| more or less adv | (to a greater or lesser extent) | mai mult sau mai puțin loc.adv. |
| | I have more or less decided to delay going to college for a year. |
| much less n | (a considerably smaller quantity) | cu mult mai puțin adj. |
| | Men have fought wars for much less. |
| much less adv | (to a lesser degree) | cu mult mai puțin adv. |
| | If I liked her much less I wouldn't like her at all! |
| neither more nor less n | (the same amount or degree) | nici mai mult, nici mai puțin expr. |
| | Put a single egg, neither more nor less, into the bowl. |
| | Her daughter received neither more nor less from her will than her son did. |
| neither more nor less adv | (to the same amount or degree) | nici mai mult, nici mai puțin expr. |
| | This horse runs neither more nor less quickly than that one. |
| no less adv | (however surprising that seems) | oricât de surprinzător loc.adv. |
| | He came top of his class, no less! |
| no less pron | (nothing inferior) | cu nimic mai prejos decât loc.prep. |
| | I expect perfection; no less will do! |
| no less adv | (not any less, not to any lesser degree) | minim adv. |
| no less than prep | (at least, the same as or more) | cel puțin adv. |
| | It is no less than a scandal that the minister of health believes such discredited theories. |
| no more and no less n | (an equal amount or degree) | nici mai mult, nici mai puțin expr. |
| | Put in one pint of oil, no more and no less. |
| no more and no less adv | (equally) | nici mai mult, nici mai puțin expr. |
| | | la fel loc.adv. |
| | The dental treatment hurt no more and no less than the last time. |
| no more and no less adj | (exactly) | nici mai mult, nici mai puțin expr. |
| | I will accept the proper fee, no more and no less. |