Q: How many cars are there?
A: There are just a few.
(a few = 3 or 4)
There are a few bananas on the table.
She's sad because she has very few friends.
(This means she doesn't have many friends. Notice there is no article. "A few" means something different.Few people were at the meeting. She expected 20, but only three came.
(In this example and the one above, the situation is not good.)He dropped a little paint on his wife's head.
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