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Also, little by little. Gradually, by small degrees, slowly. For example, The squirrels dug up the lawn bit by bit, till we had almost no grass, or Little by little he began to understand what John was getting at. The first term was first recorded in 1849, although bit in the sense of “small amount” is much older; the variant dates from the 1400s.

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In a bit of foreshadowing, he repeated that opinion in November.
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Even the hot Jewish women I mentioned above did something a bit more “intellectual” than pageantry: acting.
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His peers remember him as a bright man who spoke softly and occasionally came across as a bit shy.
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She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.
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It reminded me a bit of an alternative take on The Wolf of Wall Street—through the Toni and Candace lens.
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All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
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After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.
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The sudden pall of darkness in this strange house of mystery was just a tiny bit awesome.
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Things looked anxious for a bit, but by this morning's dawn all are dug in, cool, confident.
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Nogués and his brave lads have done their bit indeed for the glory of the Army of France.
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