- a little bit, a small amount of something
- General subject: skosh
Универсальный русско-английский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный русско-английский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
a little bit — see ↑little, 3 • • • Main Entry: ↑bit a little bit 1 : to some extent : ↑somewhat This one is a little bit bigger than that one. It bothered me a little bit … Useful english dictionary
little — 1 / lItl/ adjective 1 SIZE small in size: a little house | their little group of supporters | a little bit of especially BrE (=a small piece of something): little bits of paper all over the floor | little tiny spoken (=extremely small): a little… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
little — [adj1] small in size, amount babyish, bantam, brief, cramped, diminutive, dinky, elfin, embryonic, fleeting, hardly any, hasty, immature, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infant, infinitesimal, insufficient, junior, light,… … New thesaurus
little — lit|tle1 W1S1 [ˈlıtl] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(size)¦ 2¦(something you like or dislike)¦ 3 a little bit 4¦(time/distance)¦ 5¦(young)¦ 6¦(slight)¦ 7¦(unimportant)¦ 8 (just) that little bit better/easier etc 9 the little woman ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ … Dictionary of contemporary English
little — lit|tle1 [ lıtl ] (comparative less [ les ] ; superlative least [ list ] ) function word, quantifier *** Little can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun): There s little time left. Little progress has been made. as a … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
little */*/*/ — I UK [ˈlɪt(ə)l] / US adverb, determiner, pronoun Word forms little : comparative less UK [les] / US superlative least UK [liːst] / US [lɪst] Summary: Little can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun): There s little… … English dictionary
bit — bit1 function word *** A bit can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: We waited a bit, and then decided to go. (before an adjective or adverb): It s a bit cold in here, isn t it? as a pronoun: She d only eaten a bit before she started… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
little*/*/*/ — [ˈlɪt(ə)l] (comparative less [les] ; superlative least [liːst] ) grammar word I summary: Little can be: ■ a determiner: Little progress has been made. ■ a pronoun: They manage to survive on very little. ■ an adverb: I go there very little. 1) an… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
little — I [[t]lɪ̱t(ə)l[/t]] DETERMINER, QUANTIFIER, AND ADVERB USES ♦ 1) DET: DET n uncount You use little to indicate that there is only a very small amount of something. You can use so , too , and very in front of little. I had little money and little… … English dictionary
bit*/*/*/ — [bɪt] grammar word I summary: A bit can be: ■ an adverb: We waited a bit, and then decided to go. ♦ It s a bit cold in here, isn t it? ■ a pronoun: She only ate a little bit. ♦ I could use a bit of help. a bit informal 1) slightly, or a… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
bit — bit1 W1S1 [bıt] adv, pron ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(only slightly)¦ 2¦(amount)¦ 3¦(quite a lot)¦ 4¦(time/distance)¦ 5 a bit of a something 6 not a bit/not one bit 7 every bit as important/bad/good etc 8 bit by bit 9 a/one bit at a time … Dictionary of contemporary English