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do-little

['du:'lɪtl]
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inf. лентяй; бездельник; разгильдяй
do little to do something
do little good
gen. мало делать (что-либо); практически не (делать / сделать что-либо • He was described as having "a tightly trimmed and oiled beard that did little to disguise the scars criss-crossing his dark face".Nonetheless, higher tariff rates, most economists and historians agree, did little to help the American economy as it swooned in the early 1930s. Abysslooker); едва ли (делать / сделать что-либо • But it does little to tackle some of the country's pressing economic problems. Abysslooker)
econ. слабо (A.Rezvov); незначительно (A.Rezvov)
do-little
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