| صيغ مركبة |
| couldn't care less about v | (feel completely apathetic towards) | يشعر بفتور نحو |
| | I couldn't care less about the tabloid headlines. |
| less and less adv | (to a progressively smaller degree) | على نحو متناقص |
| | As I get older, I like the hot weather less and less every year. |
| less than adj | (number: under, not as high as) | أقل من |
| | Her low score was less than satisfactory. |
| | They have less than two weeks to finish the job. |
| less than adj | (not as much or as great as) | أقل من |
| | She ate less than her brother. |
| | Five is less than seven. |
| make less alarming vtr | (lessen the shock of sth) | يخفف الصدمة |
| | The prime minister was accused of 'doctoring' crime figures to make them less alarming. |
| more or less adv | (to a greater or lesser extent) | إلى حد بعيد أو قريب |
| | I have more or less decided to delay going to college for a year. |
| much less n | (a considerably smaller quantity) | أقل بكثير |
| | Men have fought wars for much less. |
| much less adv | (to a lesser degree) | إلى حد أقل |
| | I don't like horror films, much less comedy. |
| neither more nor less n | (the same amount or degree) | لا أكثر ولا أقل |
| | Put a single egg , neither more nor less, into the bowl. |
| | Her daughter received neither more nor less from her will than her son did. |
| neither more nor less adv | (to the same amount or degree) | بالضبط، لا أكثر ولا أقل |
| | This horse runs neither more nor less quickly than that one. |
| never the less adv | (however, even so) | على الرغم من |
| no less adv | (however surprising that seems) | مع ان الأمر يبدو مفاجئاً |
| | He came top of his class, no less! |
| no less pron | (nothing inferior) | لا شيء أقل |
| | I want no less than a front row seat at this concert - I've been looking forward to it for months. |
| no less adv | (not any less, not to any lesser degree) | لا أقل من ذلك |
| no less than prep | (at least, the same as or more) | ليس أقل من، على الأقل |
| | It is no less than a scandal that the minister of health believes such discredited theories. |
| no more and no less n | (an equal amount or degree) | لا زيادة ولا نقصان |
| | Put in one pint of oil, no more and no less. |
| no more and no less adv | (equally) | بالتساوي |
| no more and no less adj | (exactly) | بالضبط، لا أكثر ولا أقل |
| | I will accept the proper fee, no more and no less. |
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