Little
(adverb)

1. I worked very lit­tle yes­ter­day.
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2. I worked so lit­tle yes­ter­day!
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3. I worked too lit­tle yes­ter­day.
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4. I worked rather lit­tle yes­ter­day.
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5. I tried to work as lit­tle as pos­si­ble yes­ter­day be­cause I was feel­ing bad.
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6. I didn’t work much yes­ter­day.
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7. I read very lit­tle. • I don’t read much.
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8. He was little known as a poet. • He was less known as a poet. • At the be­gin­ning of his writ­ing ca­reer, he was just a lit­tle-known poet.
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9. I worked less than usu­al that day.
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10. Working on our new book, we col­lected the least known facts about his life.
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11. We didn’t want to see any­one that day, least of all our boss.
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12. Let’s wait a lit­tle. • Also (informal): Let’s wait a lit­tle bit. • Also (especially BrE, informal): Let’s wait a bit.
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13. I was a little nerv­ous that day. • Also (informal): I was a little bit nerv­ous that day. • Also (especially BrE, informal): I was a bit nerv­ous that day.
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14. Could you speak a lit­tle loud­er, please?
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15. I was a little tall­er than my bro­ther. • Also (informal): I was a little bit tall­er than my bro­ther. • Also (especially BrE, informal): I was a bit taller than my bro­ther.
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16. Little by little the situa­tion is im­prov­ing.
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17. Informal: Your wise decision has made my life just that lit­tle bit eas­i­er. • Also (without “just”), infor­mal: Your wise decision has made my life that lit­tle bit eas­i­er.
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18. Formal or literary Eng­lish: He was more than a lit­tle sur­prised to see her there. • Everyday English: He was very sur­prised to see her there.
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19. Formal or literary Eng­lish: He was not a little sur­prised to see her there. • Everyday English: He was very sur­prised to see her there.
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Проверьте правильность про­из­но­ше­ния сле­ду­ю­щих слов [BrE || AmE]:

• rather – [ˈrɑːðə(r) || ˈræðər]
• usual – [ˈjuːʒuəl, ˈjuːʒəl]
• a poet – [ˈpəʊɪt || ˈpəʊət]
• a career – [kəˈrɪə(r) || kəˈrɪr]
• to collect – [kəˈlekt]
• anyone – [ˈeniwʌn]
• a boss – [bɒs || bɔːs]
• nervous – [ˈnɜːvəs || ˈnɜːrvəs]
• a situation – [ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃn]
• to improve – [ɪmˈpruːv]
• wise – [waɪz]
• unwise – [ˌʌnˈwaɪz]
• a decision – [dɪˈsɪʒn]
• slightly – [ˈslaɪtli]
• disappointed – [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd]
• a touch – [əˈtʌtʃ]
• a shade – [əˈʃeɪd]
• an adverb – [ˈædvɜːb || ˈædvɜːrb]
• a pronoun – [ˈprəʊnaʊn]
• a determiner – [dɪˈtɜːmɪnə(r) || dɪˈtɜːrmɪnər]
• an adjective – [ˈædʒɪktɪv]