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málo little; a little; few (pl)

po malem gradually; little by little
čisto málo a tiny bit
prav tako málo kot... no more than...
v málo dneh in a few days
počakaj málo! wait a moment!
jaz málo spim I don't sleep (ali I'm not sleeping) very much, I sleep little
še málo ne not a bit
on je málo znan he is little known
še málo ne slutiš, kaj te čaka you've no idea (ali arhaično you little dream) what is in store for you
málo vas je there aren't many of you, there are (only) a few of you, you are few
málo bolje mi je I am a little (a triffle) better
imam le málo prijateljev I've only a few friends, I have but few friends
málo je takih kot on there aren't many like him, there are few like him
málo ljudi misli tako few people think so
tistih málo ljudi, ki so bili navzoči the few people who were present
niti málo nisem zadovoljen I am far from being satisfied
málo, da tega nisem pozabil I had almost forgotten it
málo, da ni umrl he was likely to die
zelo málo next to nothing
málo za tem soon (ali shortly) after
málo prej a few moments ago, a short while ago; shortly before
za málo se mi zdi prositi za uslugo I scorn to ask a favour
málo (za las) je manjkalo it was a close shave, it was a near miss
málo je manjkalo, pa bi ga povozilo he was within an ace of being run over
málo je manjkalo, da se ni ubil he had a narrow escape (ali a close shave), he was within an ace of getting killed
bolje málo kot nič half a loaf is better than no bread

capful [kǽpful] samostalnik
(polna) čepica česa; malo

a capful of wind pihljaj

few¹ [fju:] pridevnik
malo (za množino), nekaj, maloštevilni, majhno število česa

pogovorno a good few, quite a few precejšnje število, precej
few and far between le redkokateri
arhaično in few skratka
not a few kar precej (jih)
no fewer than najmanj, vsaj

lightly [láitli] prislov
nalahko, lahko, brez truda; malo, mirno, potrpežljivo; lahkoživo; podcenjujoče

lightly come, lightly go kakor pridobljeno, tako izgubljeno
to bear s.th. lightly mirno kaj prenašati

little¹ [litl] pridevnik
majhen, neznaten; kratek; malo; slaboten (glas); malenkosten, nepomemben; omejen
ironično reven, beden

little one malček
the little ones otročički, malčki
the little Browns Brownovi otroci
the little majhni, nepomembni ljudje
big (ali great) and little pomembni in nepomembni ljudje
a little man mali mož, figurativno ničé
the little people palčki
the little finger mezinec
a little way kratka pot
a little while kratek čas, trenutek
little hope malo upanja
little minds omejenci, malenkostni ljudje
his little intrigues njegovo bedne spletke
pogovorno little Mary želodec, prebava
the Little Masters skupina nemških risarjev in bakrorezcev v 16. in 17. stoletju
I know his little ways poznarn njegove zvijače
astronomija Little Bear Mali medved
astronomija Little Dipper Mali voz
politika, zgodovina Little Entente mala antanta
Little Red Ridinghood Rdeča Kapica
Little Russian Malorus, Ukrajinec
little theater mali oder, eksperimentalno gledališče

little² [litl] prislov
malo, komaj kaj, slabo, sploh ne, redko

little known malo znan
he little knows sploh ne ve
little does he know nima pojma, še sanja se mu ne
I see him very little redko (malo) ga vidim

small² [smɔ:l] prislov
majhno, fino; (redko) malo, malce; ne glasno, slabotno; prezirljivo

to cut small razrezati, zrezati
to sing small figurativno odnehati, znižati zahteve, postati manj glasen, postati majhen
she swept but small le malo je jokala
to think small of s.o. prezirljivo gledati na koga

some [sʌm]

1. pridevnik
neki, nekak, nekateri, en; katerikoli, kakršenkoli
sleng velik, silen, pomemben, odličen; (pred samostalnikom v množini) nekaj, neko število, nekoliko, malo (od njih), kakih, okrog, približno

at some time or other enkrat pač, kadarkoli, prej ali slej
for some time nekaj časa
in some way or other na ta ali na oni način, tako ali tako
to some extent do neke mere, nekako
some day nekega dne
some few maloštevilni, majhno število
some girl! čedno dekle!
some people nekateri (ljudje), nekaj ljudi
some time enkrat
some time ago nekaj časa (je) (od) tegá
a village of some 50 houses vas kakih 50 hiš
it is some five years since we saw each other kakih pet let je, kar sva se (zadnjič) videla
shall I give you some more tea? naj vam dam še malo čaja?
have some jam with your bread vzemite si (nekaj) džema s kruhom!
I call that some poem! to (pa) je pesem!
that's some hat! to (pa) je klobuk (in pol)! to je kolosalen klobuk!
I left it in some corner pustil sem ga (to) v kakem kotu
as you say, it did cost some money kot pravite, je to (res) stalo nekaj (= precéj) denarja
I must do it some day ta ali oni dan (enkrat) moram to napraviti
that will take you some time to vam bo vzelo nekaj časa

2. zaimek
katerikoli, neki, nekateri
ameriško, sleng precéj, kar veliko, kar mnogo, še več

some ... some eni ... drugi
some of it nekaj tega
some of them nekateri od njih
some of these days te dni, v kratkem, kmalu
some accepted, some refused nekateri so sprejeli, drugi odklonili
if you have no money, I will give you some če nimaš denarja, ti ga jaz nekaj dam
may I have some of this cake? lahko dobim nekaj tega kolača?
he looked some tipsy bil je videti precéj vinjen
he ran a mile and then some tekel je eno miljo in nato še naprej

3. prislov
nekaj; precéj, zelo

that's going some! to mi je všeč! to je sijajno!
he seems annoyed some videti je nekaj nejevoljen (jezen)

somewhat [sʌ́mwɔt] prislov, zaimek
nekoliko, malo, do neke mere; (redko) del, nekaj; (redko) nekaj važnega, nekdo (pomemben)

somewhat of a shock precejšen šok
somewhat of this nekaj tega
he is somewhat of a bore on je precejšen dolgočasnež (tečnež)
I was somewhat surprised bil sem malo presenečen
he had been somewhat of a writer in his youth v mladosti je (bil) malo pisateljeval

spoonful [spú:nful] samostalnik
(polna) žlica; nekoliko, malo, malce

a teaspoonful of salt čajna žlička soli

underpeopled [ʌndəpí:pld] samostalnik
malo, nezadostno naseljen

fresh² [freš] prislov
na novo, malo prej, pravkar

half-baked [há:fbéikt] pridevnik
na pol pečen
figurativno na pol izdelan, nezrel, neizkušen; ne čisto zdrave pameti, malo trčen

hardly [há:dli] prislov
komaj, le malo, s težavo, trdo, težko

hardly ever skoraj nikoli
hardly anyone skoraj nihče
I need hardly say ni mi treba reči

home-croft [hóumkrɔft] samostalnik
ekonomija majhen dom z malo zemlje

incogitable [inkɔ́džitəbl] pridevnik (incogitably prislov)
malo verjeten

light¹ [lait] pridevnik (lightly prislov)
lahek; majhne specifične teže, pod predpisano težo; nepomemben, neznaten, lahek (bolezen, kazen, napaka, delo itd.); zabaven, lahek (glasba, knjiga); prhek, rahel (zemlja, sneg, kruh); vitek, nežen, graciozen, okreten, uren; brezskrben, veder (srce); lahkomišljen, lahkoživ, frfrast (ženska); malo otovorjen, neotovorjen; nenaglašen (zlog)

light of belief lahkoveren
light coin kovanec z nezadostno količino žlahtne kovine
elektrika light current šibki tok
light of foot (ali heel) lahkonog
light fingers dolgoprst (tat)
held in light esteem malo spoštovan
to hold s.th. light; ali to make light of s.th.; ali to set lightstore by nalahko kaj jemati
with a light heart z lahkim srcem
figurativno a light hand obzirnost, takt
light in hand poslušen (konj), lahko vodljiv
no light matter to pa ni malenkost
light metals lahke kovine
light opera lahka ali komična opera
light traffic majhen promet
light woman lahka ženska
light weights prelahke uteži
the ship returned light ladja se je vrnila brez tovora
vojska in light marching order na pohodu z malo tovora

light-handed [láithǽndid] pridevnik
nežnih rok, obziren, takten; ladja, ki ima malo posadke

little-known [lítlnoun] pridevnik
malo znan

narrowish [nǽrouiš] pridevnik
nekoliko ozek, malo tesen; ozkosrčen