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a few (a small number of things) pronoun [UK: ə fjuː] [US: ə ˈfjuː] | 一些 /yīxiē/pronoun 几个 /jǐgè/pronoun 幾個pronoun 若干 /ruògān/pronoun |
a few (a small number of) determiner [UK: ə fjuː] [US: ə ˈfjuː] | 一些 /yīxiē/determiner 几个 /jǐgè/determiner 幾個determiner 若干 /ruògān/determiner |
quite a few (indefinite and somewhat large number) determiner [UK: kwaɪt ə fjuː] [US: ˈkwaɪt ə ˈfjuː] | 不少 /bùshǎo/determiner 好几 /hǎojǐ/determiner 好幾determiner 相当多 /xiāngdāng duō/determiner 相當多determiner |
quite a few (large number) noun [UK: kwaɪt ə fjuː] [US: ˈkwaɪt ə ˈfjuː] | 不少 /bùshǎo/noun 好几 /hǎojǐ/noun 好幾noun 相當多noun |
you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette (phrase) phrase | 天下沒有白吃的午餐phrase 有得必有失; 有失才有得phrase |