At least / At the very least

At least / At the very least

-pelo menos / ao menos

-no mínimo

“ At least they gave us a discount.”

(Pelo menos eles nos deram um desconto.)

(Batman Begins)

 “ At the very least, she should have been made aware of that.”

(No mínimo,  ela deveria ter sido advertida disso.)

(www.nytimes.com / Feb. 9, 2011)'

Extraído do autor deste blog: Conversação em Inglês:Frases e Expressões Úteis (Flávio Cruz)

BY...(cont.)

by no means -  de forma alguma, de jeito nenhum (This by no means will destroy our friendship. On the  contrary…)

by the book - de acordo com as regras, segundo as normas (The police officer was new on the job and certainly did all by the book.)

by the day - dia a dia, por dia (The Mexican boy is renting a room by the day.) (Comparar com

                       by day - de dia)

by the dozen, by the dozens - em grupo de 12 ou em grande quantidade

(We usually buy eggs by the dozen./ After the strike, the policemen were arresting people by the dozen.)