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1 scarcely
adverbscarcely [ever] — kaum [jemals]
* * *1) (only just; not quite: Speak louder please - I can scarcely hear you; scarcely enough money to live on.) kaum2) (used to suggest that something is unreasonable: You can scarcely expect me to work when I'm ill.) wohl kaum* * *scarce·ly[ˈskeəsli, AM ˈskers-]I had \scarcely sat down when... ich hatte mich gerade hingesetzt, als...she can \scarcely afford to pay the rent sie kann das Geld für die Miete kaum aufbringen2. (certainly not)* * *['skɛəslɪ]adv1) kaumscarcely anybody — kaum einer or jemand
scarcely anything — fast or beinahe nichts
scarcely ever — kaum jemals, fast or beinahe nie
I scarcely know what to say —
scarcely had the car drawn to a halt when... — das Auto war kaum zum Stehen gekommen, als...
2) (= not really) wohl kaumyou can scarcely expect him to believe that —
he's scarcely the most polite of men — er ist nicht gerade or er ist wohl kaum der Höflichste
* * *scarcely adv1. kaum, gerade erst:scarcely anything kaum etwas, fast nichts;scarcely … when kaum … als2. wohl nicht, kaum, schwerlich:* * *adverbscarcely [ever] — kaum [jemals]
* * *adv.kaum adv.knapp adv.schwerlich adv.wohl nicht adv. -
2 hardly
adverbhardly anyone or anybody/anything — kaum jemand/etwas
hardly any wine/beds — kaum Wein/Betten
hardly ever — so gut wie nie
hardly at all — fast überhaupt nicht
* * *1) (almost no, none, never etc: Hardly any small businesses are successful nowadays; I hardly ever go out.) kaum2) (only just; almost not: My feet are so sore, I can hardly walk; I had hardly got on my bicycle when I got a puncture.) kaum3) (probably not: He's hardly likely to forgive you after what you said about him.) kaum* * *hard·ly[ˈhɑ:dli, AM ˈhɑ:rd-]adv inv1. (scarcely) kaumI can \hardly hear you ich kann dich fast nicht verstehenwe \hardly knew our neighbours wir kannten unsere Nachbarn nur wenighe \hardly speaks a word er sagt so gut wie nichts\hardly anything kaum etwas, fast nichts\hardly ever fast nie, so gut wie nieit's \hardly my fault! ich kann ja wohl kaum was dafür!* * *['hAːdlɪ]adv1) (= barely) kaumthe boy was hardly seventeen —
I could understand hardly a word — ich konnte kaum ein Wort or fast kein Wort verstehen
it's worth hardly anything — es ist fast nichts wert
you've hardly eaten anything — du hast (ja) kaum etwas gegessen
I hardly know any French — ich kann kaum Französisch or fast kein Französisch
there was hardly anywhere to go — man konnte fast nirgends hingehen
hardly a day goes by when we don't read about murder in the newspaper — es vergeht kaum ein Tag, an dem wir nicht von Mordfällen in der Zeitung lesen
I can still hardly believe it —
hardly had he uttered the words when he began laughing — er hatte die Worte kaum ausgesprochen, als er anfing zu lachen
2) (= certainly not) wohl kaumI will hardly need to remind you to be polite to your grandmother — ich muss euch wohl kaum daran erinnern, höflich zu eurer Großmutter zu sein
will she remember? – hardly! — wird sie daran denken? – bestimmt nicht!
* * *hardly adv1. kaum, fast nicht:hardly ever fast nie2. (wohl) kaum, schwerlich:3. (zeitlich) kaum:hardly had he entered the room ( oder he had hardly entered the room) when … kaum hatte er oder er hatte kaum das Zimmer betreten, als …4. mit Mühe, mühsam5. hart, streng* * *adverbhardly anyone or anybody/anything — kaum jemand/etwas
hardly any wine/beds — kaum Wein/Betten
* * *adv.hart adv.kaum adv.schwerlich adv.
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