LEAST

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Traducere în limba română

least I. adjectiv (the least) cel mai mic, cel mai neînsemnat;

he hasn't the least chance n-are nici cea mai mică şansă;

he flares up at the least things se supără din nimic, îi sare ţandăra din senin.

2. (cel) mai puţin;

to say the least (of it) pentru a nu spune mai mult; în puţine cuvinte;

at least cel puţin;

not in the least (degree) câtuşi de puţin, nicidecum, cu nici un chip:

it does not matter in the least nu are absolut nici o importanţă.

least II. adverb

(cel) mai puţin;

the least important cel mai puţin important;

he worked least lucra cel mai puţin.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

It never seemed to me that she walked, or, at least, walked after the ordinary manner of mortals.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

His hands shot out—or at least he willed them to shoot out.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

I was not then a bit sleepy, at least so I thought; but I must have fallen asleep, for, except dreams, I do not remember anything until the morning, when Jonathan woke me.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

But, of the three, he is perhaps the least unlikely.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But at least it covers all the facts.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Away we went then, and we drove for at least an hour.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"We can at least all reach the summit," said he.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Not now, but he has had—or, at least, relatives.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I haven't the least idea of loving him or anybody else.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

That was my opinion, at least, when I saw her do it; and I held Mr. Peggotty to be thoroughly in the right.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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