Lurer du på hvor du skal dele det Engelske ordet little? Ordet kan bli delt i 2 deler, som vist under.
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A small amount or duration He accepted the little they gave him |
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Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent A little dining room A little house A small car A little (or small) group |
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(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree Not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some Little rain fell in May Gave it little thought Little time is left We still have little money A little hope remained There's slight chance that it will work There's a slight chance it will work |
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(of children and animals) young, immature What a big little boy you are Small children |
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(informal) small and of little importance A fiddling sum of money A footling gesture Our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war A little (or small) matter A dispute over niggling details Limited to petty enterprises Piffling efforts Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law |
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But it seems to be a picayune infraction |
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(of a voice) faint A little voice A still small voice |
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Low in stature Not tall He was short and stocky Short in stature A short smokestack A little man |
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Lowercase Little a Small a E.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters |
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Small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context) A nice little job Bless your little heart My dear little mother A sweet little deal I'm tired of your petty little schemes Filthy little tricks What a nasty little situation |
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Not much He talked little about his family |
| adj | small, bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck, bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy, dinky, dwarfish, elfin, elflike, gnomish, half-size, infinitesimal, minute, microscopic, least, littlest, smallest, lesser, micro, miniature, minuscule, miniscule, pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable, puny, runty, shrimpy, slender, slim, smaller, littler, smallish, small-scale, undersize, undersized |
| adj | little, small, slight, less |
| adj | brief, short |
| adj | small, young, immature |
| adj | fiddling, footling, lilliputian, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial, unimportant |
| adj | small, soft |
| adj | little, younger |
| adj | minuscule, small, lowercase |
| adj | emotional |
| noun | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
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