a few
Determiner
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Determiner
- A small number of; More than two.
- 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen, OCLC 12026604 ↗; republished New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1919, OCLC 491297620 ↗:
- "I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. […]"
- French: quelques
- German: einige, ein paar
- Italian: pochi, alcuni
- Portuguese: alguns, uns
- Russian: не́сколько
- Spanish: unos, algunos
- A small number of things.
- Regrets, I've had a few, but then again too few to mention.
- French: quelques-uns
- German: einige, wenige
- Italian: pochi, un pò di
- Portuguese: um pouco
- Russian: не́сколько
- Spanish: pocos
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