Few

1. We had very few books on Greek my­thol­ogy.
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2. Everyday English: We didn’t have many books on Greek my­thol­ogy. • More for­mal Eng­lish: We had few books on Greek my­thol­ogy.
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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. Совсем немного, например два-три че­ло­ве­ка: There were a few peo­ple wait­ing for us there. • Немного, но и немало: There were sev­eral peo­ple wait­ing for us there.
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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. Informal: He can’t speak be­cause he’s had a few. • Informal: He can’t speak be­cause he’s had a few too many.
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22. Informal: 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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Проверьте правильность про­из­но­ше­ния сле­ду­ю­щих слов [BrE || AmE]:

• (a) mythology – [mɪˈθɒlədʒi || mɪˈθɑːlədʒi]
• buy/bought – [baɪ/bɔːt]
• to order – [ˈɔːdə(r) || ˈɔːrdər]
• several – [ˈsevrəl]
• to suggest – [səˈdʒest]
• (an) option – [ˈɒpʃn || ˈɑːpʃn]
• (the) truth – [truːθ]
• a student – [ˈstjuːdnt || ˈstuːdnt]
• homework – [ˈhəʊmwɜːk || ˈhəʊmwɜːrk]
• a question – [ˈkwestʃən]
• successfully – [səkˈsesfəli]
• an exam – [ɪɡˈzæm]
• to supply – [səˈplaɪ]
• (a) product – [ˈprɒdʌkt || ˈprɑːdʌkt]
• India – [ˈɪndiə]
• Egypt – [ˈiːdʒɪpt]
• Turkey – [ˈtɜːki || ˈtɜːrki]
• (a) conspiracy – [kənˈspɪrəsi]
• a theorist – [ˈθɪərɪst || ˈθiːərɪst, ˈθɪrɪst]
• real – [ˈriːəl, rɪəl || ˈriːəl]
• power – [ˈpaʊə(r) || ˈpaʊər]
• to belong – [bɪˈlɒŋ || bɪˈlɔːŋ]
• chosen – [ˈtʃəʊzn]
• precious – [ˈpreʃəs]
• to afford – [əˈfɔːd || əˈfɔːrd]
• a yacht – [jɒt || jɑːt]
• privileged – [ˈprɪvəlɪdʒd]
• mere – [mɪə(r) || mɪr]
• a mortal – [ˈmɔːtl || ˈmɔːrtl]
• ordinary – [ˈɔːdnri, ˈɔːdənəri || ˈɔːrdneri]
• an adjective – [ˈædʒɪktɪv]
• a pronoun – [ˈprəʊnaʊn]
• a determiner – [dɪˈtɜːmɪnə(r) || dɪˈtɜːrmɪnər]