English-Polish translations for handful

• garść
• garstka
  W Niemczech w sektorze pasz garstka przedsiębiorstw zajmuje się tłuszczami. In Germany, there are a handful of companies in the feed sector that work with fat.
  Właściwej transpozycji dyrektywy w sprawie budynków dokonała jedynie garstka państw członkowskich. The Buildings Directive has only been properly transposed by a handful of Member States.
  To przygnębiające, że zaledwie garstka bogatych krajów zrealizowała cel polegający na 0,7 % produktu krajowego brutto na pomoc rozwojową. It is disheartening that only a handful of rich countries have met the target of 0.7% of gross national product for development assistance.
• trudne do zniesienia

Definition of handful

• The amount that a hand will grasp or contain
• A hand's breadth; four inches
• A small number, usually approximately five
• A group or number of things; a bunch
• Something which can only be managed with difficulty

Examples

• I put two or three corns in my mouth, liked it, stole a handful, went into my chamber, chewed it, and for two months after never failed taking toll of every pennyworth of oatmeal that came into the house. - Joseph Addison, The Spectator, Vol. VI
• Those twins are a real handful to look after

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