smattering

smattering englannista suomeksi

1. pintapuoliset tiedot

2. hitunen

smattering englanniksi

1. A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.

''She knows a smattering of Greek, but not enough to carry on a conversation.''

2. 1529, (w), ''The Supplycacyon of Soulys'' ''The Supplication of Souls'', London: W. Rastell, Book 2,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68478.0001.001

(..) he had a lytell smatterynge in the lawe: (..)

3. {{quote-book|en|year=1694|author=Mary Astell|title=A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of their True and Greatest Interest|location=London|publisher=R. Wilkin|page=153|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26092.0001.001

4. (RQ:Swift Gulliver's Travels)

5. 1907, (w), ''The Longest Journey'', Part II, XX ed., p. 201:

It’s easy enough to be a beak when you’re young and athletic, and can offer the latest University smattering. The difficulty is to keep your place when you get old and stiff, and younger smatterers are pushing up behind you.

6. {{quote-text|en|year=1951|author=Sinclair Lewis|title=World So Wide|url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301121h.html|chapter=2

7. A small number or amount of something.

''There’s only a smattering of people who oppose the first amendment.''

8. {{quote-journal|en|author=Dana Goodyear|title=Westville|journal=The New Yorker|date=12 April 2004|titleurl=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/04/12/tables-for-two-107

9. {{quote-journal|en|author=Suzanne Goldenberg|title=The mission to clean up Mount Everest|journal=The Guardian|date=24 October 2011|titleurl=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/oct/24/mission-clean-mount-everest

10. {{quote-journal|en|author=Teddy Greenstein|title=Jim Harbaugh rates Wrigley Field atmosphere 'A+++'|journal=Chicago Tribune|date=1 November 2016|titleurl=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-jim-harbaugh-wrigley-field-20161101-story.html

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