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Meaning of precious little | Babel Free

Article CEFR B2

Definitions

Almost nothing; hardly anything.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Español cuasi nada
Magyar édeskevés

Examples

“Precious little thanks we got!”
“Sandbanks, marshes, forests, savages, - precious little to eat⟳ fit for a civilised man, nothing but Thames water to drink⟳.”
“Then I hit the real world and in the next decade encountered precious little in the way of Twainesque romance or riches.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

q quite a few quite some quodque r said

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