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peu

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peu [pø] adv 1. (modifiant verbe, adjectif, adverbe);
il boit peu → he doesn't drink (very) much;
il est peu bavard → he's not very talkative;
peu avant/après → shortly before/afterwards;
pour peu qu'il fasse → if he should do, if by any chance he does
2. (modifiant nom);
peu de: peu de gens/d'arbres → few ou not (very) many people/trees;
il a peu d'espoir → he hasn't (got) much hope, he has little hope;
pour peu de temps → for (only) a short while;
à peu de frais → for very little cost
3. peu à peu → little by little;
à peu près → just about, more or less;
à peu près 10 kg/10 euros → approximately 10 kg/10 euros nm
1. le peu de gens qui → the few people who;
le peu de sable qui → what little sand, the little sand which
2. un peu → a little;
un petit peu → a little bit;
un peu d'espoir → a little hope;
elle est un peu bavarde → she's rather talkative;
un peu plus/moins de → slightly more/less (ou fewer) than;
pour un peu il ..., un peu plus et il ... → he very nearly ou all but ...;
essayez un peu! → have a go!, just try it! pron peu le savent → few know (it);
avant ou sous peu → shortly, before long;
depuis peu → for a short ou little while;
(au passé) → a short ou little while ago;
de peu → (only) just;
c'est peu de chose → it's nothing;
il est de peu mon cadet → he's just a little ou bit younger than me

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