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few
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When a few is used as a pronoun and if the sentence does not specify what it refers to, the pronoun en (= of them) must be added before the verb in French: there were only a few = il n'y en avait que quelques-uns/quelques-unes.
When a few is used as a pronoun and if the sentence does not specify what it refers to, the pronoun en (= of them) must be added before the verb in French: there were only a few = il n'y en avait que quelques-uns/quelques-unes.
- determiner
- (not many) peu de;
~ visitors/letters peu de visiteurs/lettres;
- (couple of) every ~ days tous les deux ou trois jours;
the first ~ weeks les premières semaines.
- (not many) peu de;
- pronoun quantif peu;
~ of us succeeded peu d'entre nous ont réussi.
- a few determiner quantif pronoun
- (as determiner, quantifier) quelques;
a ~ people quelques personnes;
quite a ~ people pas mal (familiar) de gens, un bon nombre de personnes;
a ~ of the soldiers quelques soldats;
a ~ of us un certain nombre d'entre nous;
- (as pronoun) quelques-uns/quelques-unes;
I would like a ~ more j'en voudrais quelques-uns/quelques-unes de plus;
I only need a ~ il ne m'en faut que quelques-uns/quelques-unes.
- (as determiner, quantifier) quelques;
IDIOMS:
they are ~ and far between ils sont rarissimes.
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| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||||||||
| few | adj | (not many) pas beaucoup | peu de adj inv | ||||||
| Few people know that Schumann's wife was also a gifted composer. | |||||||||
| Peu de gens savent que l'épouse de Schumann composait avec talent. | |||||||||
| few | npl | (not many) pas beaucoup | peu nm inv | ||||||
| Few have ever seen this painting. | |||||||||
| Peu sont ceux qui ont pu voir ce tableau. | |||||||||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||||||||
| few | adj | (infrequent) peu souvent | peu de adj inv | ||||||
| rare adj | |||||||||
| I have only been there a few times. | |||||||||
| Je n'y suis allé que peu de fois. | |||||||||
| Je n'y suis allé que quelques rares fois. | |||||||||
| few | npl | (minority) minorité | peu adj inv | ||||||
| quelque adj | |||||||||
| The happy few who knew him, loved him. | |||||||||
| Le peu de chanceux à l'avoir connu l'ont adoré. | |||||||||
| Les quelques chanceux qui l'ont connu l'ont adoré. | |||||||||
| few | pron pl | (small number of) petit nombre | quelques-uns pron pl | ||||||
| certains pron pl | |||||||||
| A few came, but not many. | |||||||||
| Quelques-uns sont venus, mais pas beaucoup. | |||||||||
| Certains sont venus, mais pas beaucoup. | |||||||||
| Améliorer les traductions "{0}" ci-dessus. | |||||||||
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||||||||
| a few | adj | quelques | |||||||
| in a few words | en peu de mots | ||||||||
| man of few words | nm | homme peu loquace | |||||||
| not a few | pas un peu | ||||||||
| of few words | de peu de mots | ||||||||
| of few words | peu bavard | ||||||||
| quite a few | assez grand nombre de | ||||||||
| too few | trop peu | ||||||||
| Report an error. | |||||||||
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...will be introduced here in a few year's time
..but there are a few of very old school buildings..
" a few sentences to.."
"a few thought joggers"
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a few / a few of the
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a few blocks down
a few bob
a few bones to pick with
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a few days' work
a few dollars
a few examples of it
A few expressions
a few feet away
a few hours ago
A few idomatic phrases!
A few kilometers from Paris
a few miles on
a few million
A few minutes later
a few months' time
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A Few More
a few more
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..but there are a few of very old school buildings..
" a few sentences to.."
"a few thought joggers"
"It is only in the last few years..."
"on the next few pages"
"Over the past few days..."
A few
a few / a few of the
A few bad apples
a few blocks down
a few bob
a few bones to pick with
a few bucks
a few days' work
a few dollars
a few examples of it
A few expressions
a few feet away
a few hours ago
A few idomatic phrases!
A few kilometers from Paris
a few miles on
a few million
A few minutes later
a few months' time
a few morals
A Few More
a few more
a few more days
Suite...
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