Usages of minus
Puer minus diligens est; ideo idem mendum iterum describit nec statim corrigit.
The boy is less diligent; therefore he copies the same mistake again and does not correct it at once.
Ex duabus crumenis haec plenissima est, sed illa minus argenti habet.
Of the two purses, this one is the fullest, but that one has less money.
In die festo pueri minus laborant, sed coquus tota die in culina occupatus est.
On a festival day the boys work less, but the cook is busy in the kitchen all day.
Avus dicit doctrinam sine veritate minus utilem esse.
Grandfather says that teaching without truth is less useful.
Magistra dicit studium sine disciplina minus utile esse.
The teacher says that study without discipline is less useful.
Utinam frater meus minus timeat et veritatem aperte dicat.
If only my brother were less afraid and would speak the truth openly.
Puer peius scribit, cum festinat; soror autem minus cito scribit et rarius errat.
The boy writes worse when he hurries; his sister, however, writes less quickly and makes mistakes more rarely.
Quo magis mater clementiam et misericordiam laudat, eo minus filia poenam severam timet.
The more mother praises clemency and mercy, the less the daughter fears a harsh punishment.
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