no less than…
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no - less - than -> no less than…
less / les / indef det, indef pron ~ (sth) (than…)
(က) (det ) နည်းနည်း။ အနည်းငယ်။ စိုးစဉ်း။ လျော့လျော့။ မများ။ less butter / time /significance ❍ I received much/ considerably / slightly / rather / a lot less money than the others did. ❍ He was advised to smoke fewer cigarettes and drink less beer. ❍ MUCH1
(ခ) (pron ) မ…သလောက်။ အောက်။ လျော့လျော့။ ပျော့ပျော့။ He has less to worry about now. ❍ It is less of a problem than I’d expected. ❍ It’ll take less than an hour to get there. ❍ The receptionist was less than (ie not at all) helpful when we arrived.
(ဂ) အောက်။ We’ll be there in less than no time (ie very soon). တို့မကြာခင် ရောက်တော့မှာပါ။
adv ~ (than…) နည်းနည်း။ မများ၊ မရှိစသည်။ less colourful / expensive / likely / intelligent / successful ❍ less often / awkwardly / enthusiastically ❍ I read much less now than I used to. ❍ No less important is the work of the European Commission.
prep လျော့၍။ MINUS : He earns K 20000 a week less K 60 income tax. a monthly salary of $ 450, less tax and insurance ❍ send a cheque for the catalogue price, less 10% discount.
❏ any (the) less [IDM ] (used after not ) (မ)လျော့ဘဲ။ She wasn’t any (the) less happy for (ie She was perfectly happy at) being on her own.
❏ even / much / still less [IDM ] …မပြောနဲ့တော့။ … ဝေးရော။ No explanation was offered, still less an apology. ❍ He’s too shy to ask a stranger the time, still less speak to a room full of people.
❏ less and less [IDM ] လျော့၍လျော့၍။ နည်း၍နည်း၍။ ပို၍ပို၍။ She found the job less and less attractive. ❍ As time passed, she saw less and less of her sisters.
❏ no less [IDM ]
၁။ (အံ့ဩခြင်းပြပုဒ်အဖြစ်) အခြားမဟုတ်။ အခြားဟုတ်ရိုးလား။ She’s having lunch with the Chairman of the Board, no less. ❍ He was brooding about the meaning of his life, no less.
❏ no less than… [IDM ] … ထက်မနည်း။ … တောင်။ We won no less than 3 of the prizes in the raffle.
(ကင်းမဲ့ခြင်းပြ နာမ်ပုဒ်နောက်ဆက်)။
treeless ❍ meaningless. ❍ INVALUABLE
❏ -lessly (forming advs ) ကင်းမဲ့လျက်။ hopelessly.
❏ -lessness (forming uncountable ns ) ကင်းမဲ့မှု။ helplessness.
- You should eat less and exercise more.
- The industry operates with less government control these days.
- [less...than] : The new Ford is designed to use less fuel than earlier models.
- The workers earn less now than they did ten years ago.
- [less of] : I aim to spend less of my time travelling.
- [a little/bit less] : I wish you’d do a bit less talking and a bit more work.
- [much/a lot/far less] : Payments will be a lot less than many people were expecting.
- There is far less trouble in the region now than there has ever been.
- Farmers are having to work with older, less efficient equipment.
- [less...than] : Many women are involved in the movement, but less publicly than men.
- [much/a lot/far less] : The homework was a lot less difficult than I expected.
- [less of a] : Getting there is less of a problem if you have a car.
- We’ve been trying to use the telephone less this month to keep costs down.
- [less than] : We talk a lot less than we used to.
- [less...than] : My husband worries about things less than I do.
- [not...any (the) less] : Even after she told me, I didn’t respect her any less.
- We made £2, 000 profit on the deal, less tax.
- [less...than] : His statement was less an apology than a confession.
- The problem may be less a social issue than a legal one.
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