Usage examples of "poco" in Italian with translation to English

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Un'auto per poco non mi veniva addosso. I was nearly hit by a car.
Non voglio rinunciare alle mie idee, anche se alcune di queste sono un poco estreme. I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.
Ha la vista poco buona. His eyesight is bad.
Tom era qui poco fa. Tom was here a while ago.
Fra poco è il mio compleanno. My birthday is coming soon.
Tom dispone di poco tempo libero. Tom has limited free time.
Si arrabbia per cose da poco. He gets angry over trivial things.
Se n'è andato poco fa. He left a while ago.
Ho poco appetito in questi giorni. I have a poor appetite these days.
Devi studiare l'inglese poco per volta. You have to study English step by step.
Io ho poco appetito in questi giorni. I have a poor appetite these days.
Poco dopo l'incidente, la polizia arrivò. Shortly after the accident, the police came.
Mi ha lasciato semplicemente perché guadagnavo poco. She left me simply because I had a small income.
Mio nonno morì poco dopo la mia nascita. My grandfather died shortly after my birth.
Mi dispiace dirlo, ma il servizio è poco buono. I'm sorry to say, but the service isn't very good.
Tom arrivò alle 2:30 e Mary poco dopo. Tom arrived at 2:30 and Mary arrived a short time later.
"Costa poco, ne prenderò dieci iarde" rispose la ragazza. "That's cheap. I'll take ten yards," the girl answered.
Non riesco a finire il lavoro in così poco tempo. I can't finish the job in such a short time.
C'è mancato veramente poco che fosse investita da un'auto. She came very near to being run over by a car.
Poco dopo la guerra mio padre comprò una nuova casa, nella quale sono nato. Shortly after the war my father bought a new house, in which I was born.
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