OXFORD 9000
📚 conj • entry_id 28502

let alone

Meanings (ES + gloss)
menos aún • ni qué hablar de • por no hablar de • y mucho menos
Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.
He couldn't boil water, let alone prepare a dinner for eight.
My last run this month is an amazing performance of an "A2/3" Pacific, No. 60524, Herringbone (could there possibly be a more infelicitous name for a locomotive than this, let alon…
además de • así como • sin contar con
Not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first.
At the end of another ten years, let alone sixty, we are likely to see a very different pattern in the realm of British passenger locomotive power.
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📚 verb • entry_id 28503

let alone

Meanings (ES + gloss)
dejar • dejar en paz
To leave alone, let be; to stop bothering.
I wish he would let me alone so I could get some sleep.
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