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scarcely [ˈskεəslɪ]a. ( = barely) guère• they could scarcely have imagined that... ils n'auraient guère pu imaginer que...• it is scarcely surprising that... il n'est guère surprenant que...* * *['skeəslɪ]1) ( hardly) à peinescarcely a week passes without someone telephoning me — presque chaque semaine quelqu'un me téléphone
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2 scarcely
1 ( only just) [credible, noticeable] à peine ; [know, remember] à peine ; it scarcely matters il n'importe guère ; the bus was scarcely moving le bus roulait à peine ; scarcely a week passes without someone telephoning me presque chaque semaine quelqu'un me téléphone ; to speak scarcely a word of French parler à peine français ; there were scarcely 50 people in the room il y avait à peine 50 personnes dans la salle ; scarcely anybody believes it presque personne ne le croit ; there is scarcely anything left to be done il ne reste pratiquement plus rien à faire ; we have scarcely any money nous n'avons pratiquement pas d'argent ; scarcely ever presque jamais ;3 ( not sooner) à peine ; scarcely had she finished when the door opened à peine avait-elle fini que la porte s'est ouverte.
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