Kendini diğerleriyle karşılaştırırsan, kendini beğenmiş ya da umudu kırık olabilirsin; her zaman için kendinden daha büyük ya da daha küçük insanlar olacaktır.
- If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
İki kötülükten daha az olanını seç.
- Of two evils, choose the lesser.
Yükseklerden eskisinden daha az korkuyorum.
- I am less afraid of heights than I was.
İnsanlar yaşlanırken, beyin hücreleri daha az verimli olur.
- As people get older, their brain cells become less efficient.
Küçük erkek kardeşim televizyon izliyor.
- My little brother is watching television.
Sana küçük bir şey getirdim.
- I've brought you a little something.
Onun başarılı olacağına dair ufak bir umut var.
- There is little hope that he will succeed.
O yumuşak kilden ufak bir heykel yaptı.
- He made a little statue out of soft clay.
Onun az miktarda kazanma şansı vardır.
- There is little chance of his winning.
O, fakir olmasına rağmen, sahip olduğu az miktarda parayı ona verdi.
- Poor as she was, she gave him what little money she had.
Şimdi hakkında endişelenecek daha az şeyimiz var.
- Now we have one less thing to worry about.
Onun daha az şeyi kabulleneceğinden emin değildim.
- I wasn't sure that he would settle for anything less.
Kanepede azıcık kestir.
- Take a little nap on the couch.
Sahip olduğu azıcık parayı çocuğa verdi.
- He gave the boy what little money he had.
Bu kitap aşağı yukarı 20 avroya mâl oldu.
- This book costs more or less 20 euros.
Tom ve Mary aşağı yukarı aynı ağırlıktalar.
- Tom and Mary are more or less the same weight.
Birazcık heyecan istemez misin?
- Don't you want a little excitement?
Tom birazcık hız limitinin üzerinde sürerse vaktinde havaalanına yetişebileceğini düşündü.
- Tom thought he could reach the airport on time if he drove a little over the speed limit.
Benim için biraz çok gençsin.
- You're a little too young for me.
Tom senin kızından biraz daha genç.
- Tom is a little younger than your daughter.
Karıncaların yaşamını önemsiz sayma.
- Don't think little of the ants' lives.
Kısa bir süre için burada kalıyorum.
- I'm staying here for a little while.
Sesi biraz kısar mısın?
- Could you lower the volume a little?
Tom yirmi dakikadan daha az bir sürede oraya varmayı başardı.
- Tom was able to get there in less than twenty minutes.
Tom üç haftadan daha az bir süre önce Boston'a vardı.
- Tom arrived in Boston less than three weeks ago.
Ne yazık ki o bu değişiklikleri kabul etmek için biraz fazla dar görüşlüdür.
- Unfortunately he's a little too narrow-minded to accept these changes.
Anne oğullarına hemen hemen hiç bir şey söylemedi.
- The mother said little to the sons.
Anne kızlarına hemen hemen hiç bir şey söylemedi.
- The mother said little to the daughters.
Tom'un çocuklarına bu kadar az zaman harcaması şaşırtıcı.
- It's amazing how little time Tom spends with his children.
O kadar az zamanım vardı ki öğle yemeğini aceleyle yemek zorunda kaldım.
- I had so little time that I had to eat lunch in a hurry.
Üzerimdeki az miktarda parayı ona verdim.
- I gave her what little money I had with me.
O, fakir olmasına rağmen, sahip olduğu az miktarda parayı ona verdi.
- Poor as she was, she gave him what little money she had.
The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.
Example: A robbery is an assault combined with a theft; a person can not be criminally charged with both the robbery and the assault that occurred during the robbery; the assault is a lesser included offense.
This is a less bad solution than I thought possible.
It should then tax all of that as personal income, less the proportion of the car's annual mileage demonstrably clocked up on company business.
Those Rattels are somewhat like the chape of a Rapier, but lesse .
This is not a happy situation as far as the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes is concerned because it means less jobs for the union's members here at home.
I have less tea than coffee.
We had very little to do.
She spoke little and listened less.
It's of little importance.
This is a little table.
In the forties, hurdy-gurdy men could still be heard in all those East Coast cities with strong Italian neighbourhoods: New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston. A visit to Baltimore's Little Italy at that time was like a trip to Italy itself.
That's the biggest little kid I've ever seen.
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: likewise a small act of folly unto him that is esteemed for wisdom and honour.
- As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
He's just a small-time thug, but if he had just a little more moxie, he could be a big-time boss.
- He's just a petty hooligan, but if he had just a little more initiative, he could be a major criminal leader.