"next to nothing" meaning in All languages combined

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Pronoun [English]

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  1. Very little. Derived forms: next-to-nothingness Related terms: for a song Translations (very little): 微乎其微 (wēihūqíwēi) (Chinese Mandarin), melkein ilmaiseksi (note: of money, "almost free") (Finnish), ei juuri mitään (Finnish), trois fois rien (French), so gut wie nichts (German), fast nichts (German), τζάμπα (tzámpa) (Greek), φθηνά (fthiná) (Greek), quasi niente (Italian), una miseria (Italian), ほとんど何もない (hotondo nani mo nai) (alt: ほとんどなにもない) (Japanese), prawie nic (Polish), почти́ ничего́ (počtí ničevó) (Russian), casi nada (Spanish), y nesaf peth i ddim [masculine] (Welsh)

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