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1. We had very few books on Greek my­thol­ogy.
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2. We didn’t have many books on Greek my­thol­ogy (eve­ry­day Eng­lish). • We had few books on Greek my­thol­ogy (more for­mal Eng­lish).
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3. We had fewer books on Greek my­thol­ogy just a month ago.
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4. Could you give me a few books on Greek my­thol­ogy, please?
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5. Could you give me a few more books on Greek my­thol­ogy, please?
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6. Could you give me a few of the books on Greek my­thol­ogy (that) you bought yes­ter­day?
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7. As we had very few books left, we had to or­der new ones. • As we had a few books left, we didn’t have to or­der any new ones.
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8. There were a few peo­ple wait­ing for us there (со­всем не­мно­го, на­при­мер два-три че­ло­ве­ка). • There were sev­eral peo­ple wait­ing for us there (не­мно­го, но и не­ма­ло).
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9. There were some peo­ple wait­ing for us there.
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10. I called him a few days lat­er. • I’ll be back in a few days. • I’ll stay there for a few days.
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11. They’ve been busy for the last few days. • They’ll be busy in the next few days.
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12. I received as few as 5 let­ters!
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13. We can suggest a lot of op­tions. Here are just a few.
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14. You must call him eve­ry few days.
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15. Thanks to you, quite a few peo­ple know the truth now.
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16. Which of the students made the few­est mis­takes in their home­work?
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17. Very few of our stu­dents can an­swer all the ques­tions cor­rect­ly.
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18. He was one of the few stu­dents who suc­cess­ful­ly passed the exam.
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19. We supply our prod­ucts to many coun­tries – In­dia, Egypt, Tur­key, to name but a few. • We sup­ply our prod­ucts to many coun­tries – In­dia, Egypt, Tur­key, to men­tion but a few.
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20. Conspiracy theorists say that real power be­longs to the cho­sen few.
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21. He can’t speak be­cause he’s had a few. • He can’t speak be­cause he’s had a few too many.
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22. Precious few peo­ple can af­ford such yachts.
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23. We’ve received no few­er than twen­ty let­ters so far. • Also (less cor­rect, but more com­mon): We’ve re­ceived no less than twen­ty let­ters so far. • Also (as an al­ter­na­tive): We’ve re­ceived at least twen­ty let­ters so far.
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