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few I. adjectiv

1. puţini; doar câţiva; puţine; doar câteva;

very few people foarte puţină lume, foarte puţini oameni, un mic număr de oameni;

he has (but) few friends are (doar) puţini prieteni; nu are mai de loc prieteni;

the last few years of his life ultimii câţiva ani ai vieţii sale;

during the last / next few days zilele acestea;

he is a man of few words nu e prea vorbăreţ din fire; e un om tăcut, e zgârcit la vorbă;

with few exceptions cu puţine excepţii;

trains every few minutes trenuri la interval de câteva minute;

every few hours la interval scurt;

every few days fiecare a doua sau a treia zi, la interval de câteva zile;

these few minutes of conversation aceste câteva minute de conversaţie;

his visitors are few are rar oaspeţi, puţină lume îl vizitează;

we are very few, still fewer than yesterday suntem foarte puţini, mai puţini încă decât ieri;

his days are few zilele îi sunt numărate;

such occasions are few asemenea ocazii sunt rare.

2. a few câţiva, câteva, niscai, niscaiva, ceva;

I know a few people who cunosc câteva persoane care;

I have only a few pounds am numai câteva lire, nu am decât câteva lire;

a few more încă câţiva, încă câteva;

quite a few, not a few destul de mulţi, destul de multe, destui, destule;

he had a good few enemies avea destui duşmani, avea mulţi duşmani;

in a few minutes peste câteva minute;

a few minutes after six la şase şi câteva minute, câteva minute după şase;

just a few doar vreo câţiva, doar vreo câteva; ceva, puţini.

few II. pronume nehot.

1. puţini, puţine, vreo câţiva, câteva;

many are called, but few chosen mulţi chemaţi, dar puţini aleşi;

few of them have travelled puţini dintre ei au voiajat;

there are very few of us suntem puţini, puţin numeroşi;

there are very few of us who can remember it puţini dintre noi îşi mai amintesc de aceasta;

few are of this opinion puţini sunt de această părere;

some few of the survivors câţiva dintre supravieţuitori;

some few of us remained to chat câţiva dintre noi rămaseră la taifas.

2. a few câţiva; câteva; unii; unele;

I know a few of them cunosc pe câţiva / pe unii dintre ei;

we shall be a few vom fi doar câţiva;

a few of us câţiva, unii dintre noi;

a good few of the inhabitants o bună parte dintre locuitori;

(fam.) there were a good few of them nu erau puţini;

quite a (sau not a few) have heard of it destul de multă lume a auzit de acest lucru.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

When I look back after a few hours I think I must have been mad for the time, for I behaved much as a rat does in a trap.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Since hydrogen slows down neutrons, it is associated with fewer neutrons escaping.

(Where is the Ice on Ceres?, NASA)

The oars struck the water, and with a few strokes the boat was alongside.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

“Many to go and few to come!”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When this had been done a few times, he learned the law and after that observed it.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

I reflected as I walked that few men in the world could have spent a stranger night or added more to human knowledge in the course of it.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

During chemotherapy you may have no side effects or just a few.

(Cancer Chemotherapy, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Fortunately it was early, and they went through back streets, so few people saw them, and no one laughed at the queer party.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Without medical attention, the person will die within a few minutes.

(Cardiac Arrest, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

It was but a few days after the coming of my uncle’s letter that we walked over the Downs together, and I had a peep of the bitterness of his heart.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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