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HE ГУСТО (кого-чего or с чем, у кого, где)
collInvarusu. quantit
subj-compl with copula (
subj /
genany common noun) or quantit impers predic with быть») ( s.o. has, in some place there is) a small quantity (of some type of person or thing): у X-a Y-a ( Y-ob, с Y-ом, с Y-ами) не густо = X doesn't have much Y ( many Ys, a great variety of Ys )
X hardly ( scarcely ) has any YsX has practically nothing (no Y(s))X has just a few Ys(in refer, to money) X is low (short) on cash (on funds)).