🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

a few determiner

  • A small number of (a set of countable items); more than one but not very many; especially, more than two but not very many (explained in usage note at several).
 quelques

a few pronoun

  • A small number of things.
 quelques-uns
quite a few
bon nombre de, nombre de, pas mal, un bon nombre
you’ve got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette
on ne fait pas d’omelette sans casser des œufs
be a few sandwiches short of a picnic
ne pas avoir toutes ses frites dans le même sachet
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