English translation of 'à peine'
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à peine
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peine
feminine noun
2. (= effort) trouble
prendre la peine de faire qch
to go to the trouble of doing sth
valoir la peine de faire qch
to be worth doing sth
3. (= difficulté) (à voir, entendre, marcher) difficulty
avoir de la peine à faire qch
to have difficulty doing sth
avoir toutes les peines du monde à faire qch
to have a terrible time doing sth
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Une contre-manifestation s'est déroulée de l'autre côté de Manhattan, rassemblant à peine un millier de personnes.
On nous a laissés un jour à peine.
Ce chiffre atteint à peine 5% lorsqu'il est question de postes de cadre.
C'est donc dire que le projet aura duré à peine plus d'un mois.
Cependant, à peine le tiers des sinistrés ont dit avoir reçu le soutien psychologique espéré.
A peine un mois après le déconfinement, cette funeste mécanique se déploie.
À peine deux heures plus tard, à 13h30, des milliers de personnes s'étaient déjà manifestées.
Moi-même j'ai à peine donné des interviews.
En à peine un mois et demi, le virus s'est ainsi propagé dans pratiquement toutes les communes du pays.
Une campagne à peine déguisée visant à accroître une popularité qui ne va pas de soi dans les sondages commandés par la présidence.
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British English: barely
/ˈbɛəlɪ/ ADVERB
You use barely to say that something is only just true or possible.
She could barely remember going to the hospital.
- American English: barely /ˈbɛərli/
- Arabic: لا يُكَادُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: mal
- Chinese: 几乎不能
- Croatian: jedva
- Czech: sotva
- Danish: knap dårligt nok
- Dutch: nauwelijks
- European Spanish: apenas
- Finnish: hädin tuskin
- French: à peine
- German: kaum
- Greek: μόλις
- Italian: appena
- Japanese: かろうじて
- Korean: 간신히
- Norwegian: såvidt
- Polish: zaledwie
- European Portuguese: mal
- Romanian: abia
- Russian: едва
- Latin American Spanish: apenas
- Swedish: knappt
- Thai: เพิ่งจะ
- Turkish: ucu ucuna
- Ukrainian: ледь
- Vietnamese: chỉ vừa đủ
British English: hardly
/ˈhɑːdlɪ/ ADVERB
only just You use hardly to say that something is almost, or only just, true.
I hardly know them.
- American English: hardly /ˈhɑrdli/
- Arabic: بِالكَاد
- Brazilian Portuguese: dificilmente
- Chinese: 几乎不
- Croatian: jedva
- Czech: sotva
- Danish: næppe
- Dutch: nauwelijks
- European Spanish: apenas
- Finnish: tuskin
- French: à peine
- German: kaum
- Greek: ελάχιστα
- Italian: scarsamente
- Japanese: ほとんど・・・ない
- Korean: 거의 ...않다
- Norwegian: knapt
- Polish: ledwie
- European Portuguese: dificilmente
- Romanian: aproape
- Russian: едва
- Latin American Spanish: apenas
- Swedish: knappast
- Thai: เกือบจะไม่
- Turkish: güçlükle
- Ukrainian: навряд чи
- Vietnamese: hiếm khi
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