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1 presque
presque [pʀεsk]adverb• presque personne/rien hardly anyone/anything• a-t-il dormi ? -- presque pas did he sleep? -- hardly at all* * *pʀɛskadverbe almost, nearlyil n'y avait personne ou presque, il n'y avait presque personne — there was hardly anyone there
* * *pʀɛsk adv1) (positif) almost, nearlyIl est presque six heures. — It's almost 6 o'clock., It's nearly 6 o'clock.
Nous sommes presque arrivés. — We're almost there., We're nearly there.
la presque totalité de — almost all of, nearly all of
2) (négatif)Elle n'a presque rien mangé. — She's hardly eaten anything.
Il ne dort presque pas. — He hardly sleeps at all.
Il n'y a presque pas de place. — There's hardly any space., There's hardly any room.
personne, ou presque — next to nobody, hardly anyone
* * *presque adv nous sommes presque arrivés we're almost ou nearly there; presque tout le monde/chaque semaine almost everybody/every week; presque la moitié almost half; presque toujours almost always; la presque totalité des étudiants almost all the students; il y a trois ans presque jour pour jour it's nearly three years to the day; la même histoire ou presque the same story or almost the same; tout le monde ou presque everybody or almost everybody; il n'y avait personne ou presque, il n'y avait presque personne there was hardly anyone there; c'était le bonheur ou presque it was as close to happiness as one can get; il ne reste presque rien there's hardly anything left; cela n'arrive presque jamais it hardly ever happens; il n'a presque pas plu it hardly rained at all; il ne neige presque plus it has almost stopped snowing; elle n'a rien mangé ou presque she ate hardly anything; il ne se passe presque pas de jour sans que quelque chose arrive hardly a day goes by without something happening.[prɛsk] adverbel'espèce a presque entièrement disparu the species is virtually ou all but extinct2. [dans des phrases négatives]je n'avais presque pas mangé de la journée I'd eaten next to ou almost ou virtually nothing all daytu fumes beaucoup en ce moment? — non, presque pas do you smoke much at the moment? — no, hardly at allest-ce qu'il reste des gâteaux? — non, presque pas are there any cakes left? — hardly any3. (soutenu) [quasi]avoir la presque certitude de quelque chose to be almost ou practically certain of something————————ou presque locution adverbialec'est sûr, ou presque it's almost ou practically certain
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