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.
Daha az et yemek iyi bir fikir midir?
- Is eating less meat a good idea?
İnsanlar yaşlanırken, beyin hücreleri daha az verimli olur.
- As people get older, their brain cells become less efficient.
O suda küçük bir bot ile denize açılıyor.
- He is sailing a little boat on the water.
Küçük erkek kardeşim televizyon izliyor.
- My little brother is watching TV.
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.
O, fakir olmasına rağmen, sahip olduğu az miktarda parayı ona verdi.
- Poor as she was, she gave him what little money she had.
Üzerimdeki az miktarda parayı ona verdim.
- I gave her what little money I had with me.
Onun daha az şeyi kabulleneceğinden emin değildim.
- I wasn't sure that he would settle for anything less.
Şimdi hakkında endişelenecek daha az şeyimiz var.
- Now we have one less thing to worry about.
Sahip olduğum azıcık bilgiyi ona verdim.
- I gave her what little information I had.
Kanepede azıcık kestir.
- Take a little nap on the couch.
Tom ve Mary aşağı yukarı aynı bedendeler.
- Tom and Mary are more or less the same size.
Bu kitap aşağı yukarı 20 avroya mâl oldu.
- This book costs more or less 20 euros.
Birazcık heyecan istemez misin?
- Don't you want a little excitement?
Birazcık öğrenme tehlikeli bir şeydir.
- A little learning is a dangerous thing.
Bu genç adam ülkesi hakkında çok az şey biliyor.
- This young man knows little about his country.
Tom benden biraz daha genç.
- Tom is just a little younger than I am.
Karıncaların yaşamını önemsiz sayma.
- Don't think little of the ants' lives.
Steroyu biraz kısar mısın?
- Would you turn down the stereo a little?
Kısa bir süre için burada kalıyorum.
- I'm staying here for a little while.
Mücizeden daha az bir şey değildi.
- It was nothing less than a miracle.
Tom beş dakikadan daha az bir sürede üç elma yedi.
- Tom ate the three apples in less than five 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.
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.
Boşa geçirecek çok az zamanımız var.
- We have little time to waste.
O, fakir olmasına rağmen, sahip olduğu az miktarda parayı ona verdi.
- Poor as she was, she gave him what little money she had.
Üzerimdeki az miktarda parayı ona verdim.
- I gave her what little money I had with me.
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.
I have small change with me.
- I have a little money with me.