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.
İnsanlar yaşlanırken, beyin hücreleri daha az verimli olur.
- As people get older, their brain cells become less efficient.
Daha az et yemek iyi bir fikir midir?
- Is eating less meat a good idea?
Sana küçük bir şey getirdim.
- I brought you a little something.
Sana küçük bir şey getirdim.
- I've brought you a little something.
O yumuşak kilden ufak bir heykel yaptı.
- He made a little statue out of soft clay.
Sana ufak bir hediyem var.
- I have a little present for you.
Sahip olduğum az miktarda parayı ona ödünç verdim.
- I lent him what little money I had.
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 couch.
Sahip olduğu azıcık parayı çocuğa verdi.
- He gave the boy what little money he had.
Onlar aşağı yukarı aynı boyuttalar.
- They are more or less the same size.
Tom ve Mary aşağı yukarı aynı bedendeler.
- Tom and Mary are more or less the same size.
Tom birazcık tart aldı.
- Tom got a little bit of pie.
Birazcık heyecan istemez misin?
- Don't you want a little excitement?
Bu genç adam ülkesi hakkında çok az şey biliyor.
- This young man knows little about his country.
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.
Sesi biraz kısar mısın?
- Could you lower the volume a little?
Steroyu biraz kısar mısın?
- Would you turn down the stereo a little?
Tom yirmi dakikadan daha az bir sürede oraya varmayı başardı.
- Tom was able to get there in less than twenty minutes.
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 kızlarına hemen hemen hiç bir şey söylemedi.
- The mother said little to the daughters.
Anne oğullarına hemen hemen hiç bir şey söylemedi.
- The mother said little to the sons.
Boşa geçirecek çok az zamanımız var.
- We have little time to waste.
Konuşmaya hazırlanmak için çok az zamanım vardı.
- I had little time to prepare the speech.
O, fakir olmasına rağmen, sahip olduğu az miktarda parayı ona verdi.
- Poor as she was, she gave him what little money she 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.
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.