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a handful (of)
  1. 1 a handful (of)
  2. 2 small amount (of), small number (of)
  3. 3 trouncing, crushing, putting down (with ease) — as 〜にする
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • There are a handful of naughty boys in my neighborhood.

    sense 2 · small amount (of)

  • The boy gathered a handful of peanuts and put them in a small box.

    sense 1 · a handful (of)

  • Only a handful of men want to take childcare leave.

    sense 2 · small amount (of)

  • Only a handful of activists in our union are getting on our backs.

    sense 2 · small amount (of)

  • The difficulties of the Japanese language prevent all but a handful of foreigners from approaching the literature in the original.

    sense 2 · small amount (of)

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