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.
Daha az et yemek iyi bir fikir midir?
- Is eating less meat a good idea?
Küçük erkek kardeşim televizyon izliyor.
- My little brother is watching television.
O suda küçük bir bot ile denize açılıyor.
- He is sailing a little boat on the water.
Sana ufak bir hediyem var.
- I have a little present for you.
O yumuşak kilden ufak bir heykel yaptı.
- He made a little statue out of soft clay.
Üzerimdeki az miktarda parayı ona verdim.
- I gave her what little money I had with me.
Sahip olduğum az miktarda parayı ona ödünç verdim.
- I lent him what little money I 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.
Sahip olduğu azıcık parasını kaybetti.
- She lost what little money she had.
Kanepede azıcık kestir.
- Take a little nap on the sofa.
Tom ve Mary aşağı yukarı aynı bedendeler.
- Tom and Mary are more or less the same size.
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 gergin görünüyor.
- Tom looks a little nervous.
Tom benden biraz daha genç.
- Tom is just a little younger than I am.
Benim için biraz çok gençsin.
- You're a little too young for me.
Karıncaların yaşamını önemsiz sayma.
- Don't think little of the ants' lives.
Steroyu biraz kısar mısın?
- Would you turn down the stereo a little?
Lütfen TV'yi biraz kısar mısın?
- Would you please turn down the TV a little?
Tom üç haftadan daha az bir süre önce Boston'a vardı.
- Tom arrived in Boston less than three weeks ago.
Tom yirmi dakikadan daha az bir sürede oraya varmayı başardı.
- Tom was able to get there in less than twenty minutes.
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.
Konuşmaya hazırlanmak için çok az zamanım vardı.
- I had little time to prepare the speech.
Bir sonraki trenden önce az zamanımız var.
- We have a little time before the next train.
Sahip olduğum az miktarda parayı ona ödünç verdim.
- I lent him what little money I had.
Onun az miktarda kazanma şansı vardır.
- There is little chance of his winning.
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.
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.
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.