PRECIOUS LITTLE (OR FEW)

Meaning of PRECIOUS LITTLE (OR FEW) in English

precious little ( or few)

informal

extremely little (or few).

→ precious

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

LITTLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Little Armenia Little Entente Little League little magazine Little Missouri River Little Richard Little …
Английский словарь Британика
PRECIOUS — I. ˈpreshəs adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old French precios, precieus, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price, value + -osus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LITTLE — I. ˈlid. ə l, -it ə l sometimes when not heavily stressed (ˌ)lil esp when a vowel follows adjective ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEW — I. ˈfyü pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English fewe, pron. & adjective, from Old English fēawa, fēa; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEW — (superl.) Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a …
Английский словарь Webster
PRECIOUS — — preciously , adv. — preciousness , n. /presh"euhs/ , adj. 1. of high price or great value; very valuable …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LITTLE — — littlish /lit"l ish, lit"lish/ , adj. — littleness , n. /lit"l/ , adj., littler or less or lesser, littlest …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEW — /fyooh/ , adj., fewer, fewest , n., pron. adj. 1. not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — I. ˈpre-shəs adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French precios, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price — more at price Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LITTLE — I. ˈli-t ə l adjective ( lit·tler ˈli-t ə l-ər, ˈlit-lər ; or less ˈles ; or less·er ˈle-sər ; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FEW — I. ˈfyü pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English fewe, pronoun & adjective, from Old English fēawa; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — adj particular; fastidious; overnice. 2. precious ·adj of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. 3. precious ·add. ·adj particular; …
Webster English vocab
LITTLE — noun a small degree or scale; miniature. 2. little ·adj short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep. 3. little …
Webster English vocab
FEW — [few] pron, pl in constr [ME fewe, pron. & adj., fr. OE feawa; akin to OHG fo little, L paucus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRECIOUS — precious BrE AmE ˈpreʃ əs ▷ precious|ly li ▷ precious|ness nəs nɪs ▶ ˌ precious ˈ metal BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — / ˈpreʃəs; NAmE / adjective , adverb ■ adjective 1. rare and worth a lot of money : a precious …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LITTLE — / ˈlɪtl; NAmE / adjective , determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ adjective [ usually before noun ] HELP NOTE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEW — / fjuː; NAmE / determiner , adjective , pronoun ■ determiner , adjective ( fewer , few·est ) 1. used …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — I. pre ‧ cious 1 /ˈpreʃəs/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: precios , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LITTLE — I. lit ‧ tle 1 S1 W1 /ˈlɪtl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: lytel ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FEW — few S1 W1 /fjuː/ BrE AmE determiner , pronoun , adjective ( comparative fewer , superlative fewest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRECIOUS — adj. & adv. --adj. 1 of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LITTLE — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (littler, littlest; less or lesser; least) 1 small in size, amount, degree, etc.; not great …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FEW — adj. & n. --adj. not many (few doctors smoke; visitors are few). --n. (as pl.) 1 (prec. by a) some …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRECIOUS — adj. & adv. adj. 1 of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LITTLE — adj., n., & adv. adj. (littler, littlest; less or lesser; least) 1 small in size, amount, degree, etc.; not great …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FEW — adj. & n. adj. not many (few doctors smoke; visitors are few). n. (as pl.) 1 (prec. by a) some …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — adj. & adv. --adj. 1. of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
LITTLE — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (littler, littlest; less or lesser; least) 1. small in size, amount, degree, etc.; not great …
Oxford English vocab
FEW — adj. & n. --adj. not many (few doctors smoke; visitors are few). --n. (as pl.) 1. (prec. by a) some …
Oxford English vocab
LITTLE — I. DETERMINER, QUANTIFIER, AND ADVERB USES /lɪt(ə)l/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — 1. If you say that something such as a resource is precious , you mean that it is valuable and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEW — ( fewer, fewest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — 1. If you say that something such as a resource is ~, you mean that it is valuable and should …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LITTLE — I. DETERMINER, QUANTIFIER, AND ADVERB USES Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FEW — (~er, ~est) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use a ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRECIOUS — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a precious possession (= one that is valuable or important to you ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LITTLE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEW — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES A few ▪ A few weeks from now I’ll be in Venice. Comparatively few ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — (PERFECTING) [adjective] [disapproving] - behaving in a very formal and unnatural way by giving too much attention to unimportant details …
Cambridge English vocab
FEW — (SOME) [determiner], [pronoun] - a few some; a small number (of)There are a few cakes left over from the party …
Cambridge English vocab
LITTLE — n. Little Armenia Little Bighorn Battle of the Little Entente Little League little magazine Little Missouri River Little Richard Little …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LITTLE — See: A LITTLE, A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING, GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW, LITTLE FROG IN A …
Slang English vocab
FEW — See: MAN OF FEW WORDS, NOT A FEW, QUITE A FEW.
Slang English vocab
PRECIOUS — adj. Function: adjective 1 of such great value that a suitable price is hard to estimate FF1C; a precious twelfth …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LITTLE — INDEX: a small amount 1. a small amount of a substance 2. a very small amount of a substance 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
LITTLE — See ↑ LITTLE 7, ↑ SHORT 7, ↑ SMALL 1, ↑ YOUNG 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a little • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
FEW — • ↑ a few • ↑ quite a few • ↑ too little/few
Longman Activator English vocab
PRECIOUS — adj. 25B6; adjective precious works of art : VALUABLE, costly, expensive; invaluable, priceless, beyond price. her most precious possession : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LITTLE — n. 25B6; adjective a little writing desk : SMALL, small-scale, compact; mini, miniature, tiny, minute, minuscule; toy, baby, pocket, undersized, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEW — n. 25B6; determiner police are revealing few details : NOT MANY, hardly any, scarcely any; a small number of, a …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — adj. 1 dear, dearest, costly, expensive, high-priced, valuable, invaluable, prized, priceless, irreplaceable, Colloq pricey The entire cabinet was filled with …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LITTLE — adj. 1 small, short, slight, tiny, minute, diminutive, miniature, mini, baby, doll-sized, undersized, dwarf, midget, pygmy, elfin, toy, bantam, petite, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FEW — adj. 1 hardly or scarcely any, not many, insufficient; infrequent, occasional Few people came to my party He is a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LITTLE — See: A LITTLE, A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING, GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW, LITTLE FROG IN A …
Словарь английских идиом
FEW — See: MAN OF FEW WORDS, NOT A FEW, QUITE A FEW.
Словарь английских идиом
LITTLE — I adverb 1 BAD : It was my first interview and I was nervous a little. GOOD : It was …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary

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