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.
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.
Sana ufak bir hediyem var.
- I have a little present for you.
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.
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.
Kanepede azıcık kestir.
- Take a little nap on the sofa.
Sahip olduğu azıcık parasını kaybetti.
- She lost what little money she had.
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.
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.
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 Mary'den muhtemelen sadece biraz daha genç.
- Tom is probably just a little younger than Mary.
Karıncaların yaşamını önemsiz sayma.
- Don't think little of the ants' lives.
Sesi biraz kısar mısın?
- Could you lower the volume a little?
Steroyu biraz kısar mısın?
- Would you turn down the stereo a little?
Tom üç haftadan daha az bir süre önce Boston'a vardı.
- Tom arrived in Boston less than three weeks ago.
Mücizeden daha az bir şey değildi.
- It was nothing less than a miracle.
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.
Bir sonraki trenden önce az zamanımız var.
- We have a little time before the next train.
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.
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.