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  • 11little — 1 / lItl/ adjective 1 SIZE small in size: a little house | their little group of supporters | a little bit of especially BrE (=a small piece of something): little bits of paper all over the floor | little tiny spoken (=extremely small): a little… …

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  • 12little*/*/*/ — [ˈlɪt(ə)l] (comparative less [les] ; superlative least [liːst] ) grammar word I summary: Little can be: ■ a determiner: Little progress has been made. ■ a pronoun: They manage to survive on very little. ■ an adverb: I go there very little. 1) an… …

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  • 13little — lit|tle1 W1S1 [ˈlıtl] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(size)¦ 2¦(something you like or dislike)¦ 3 a little bit 4¦(time/distance)¦ 5¦(young)¦ 6¦(slight)¦ 7¦(unimportant)¦ 8 (just) that little bit better/easier etc 9 the little woman ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14little - small — Small and little are both used to say that someone or something is not large. There are some important differences in the ways these words are used. ◊ position in clause Small can be used in front of a noun, or after a verb such as be . They… …

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  • 15little — littlish /lit l ish, lit lish/, adj. littleness, n. /lit l/, adj., littler or less or lesser, littlest or least, adv., less, least, n. adj …

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  • 16Little Buffalo State Park — Geobox Protected Area name = Little Buffalo State Park native name = other name = other name1 = category local = Pennsylvania State Park category iucn = III image caption = Sunset over Holman Lake etymology type = Named for etymology = Little… …

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  • 17little — /ˈlɪtl / (say litl) adjective 1. small in size; not big or large: a little child. 2. small in extent or duration; short; brief: a little while. 3. small in number: a little army. 4. small in amount or degree; not much: little hope. 5. being such… …

  • 18Little Chef — Infobox Company name = Little Chef type = Restaurant Franchise genre = Chain of 179 roadside restaurants foundation = Reading, England in 1958 founder = Sam Alper location = Sheffield, England homepage = [http://www.little chef.co.uk/ Official… …

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  • 19little — adj., n., & adv. adj. (littler, littlest; less or lesser; least) 1 small in size, amount, degree, etc.; not great or big: often used to convey affectionate or emotional overtones, or condescension, not implied by small (a friendly little chap; a… …

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  • 20little — lit•tle [[t]ˈlɪt l[/t]] adj. lit•tler less less•er, lit•tlest least, 1) small in size; not big; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room[/ex] 2) short in duration or extent; brief: a little while[/ex] 3) small in number: a little group of… …

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