Sentence examples of "à peine" in French with translation "barely"

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Nous le vîmes à peine. We barely saw it.
Il sait à peine lire. He can barely read.
Tom sait à peine parler français. Tom can barely speak French.
Nous l'avons à peine vu. We barely saw it.
J'étais à peine capable de travailler. I was barely able to work.
Ils reçoivent à peine le salaire minimum. They're barely paid minimum wage.
Je peux à peine tolérer sa conduite. I can barely stand his behavior.
Lors des sécheresses, les fermiers sont à peine en mesure de survivre. During droughts, farmers are barely able to eke out a living.
Tom pouvait à peine entendre ce que Mary s'efforçait de dire. Tom could barely hear what Mary was trying to say.
J'étais à peine rentré à la maison lorsque la tempête éclata. I had barely got home when the storm broke.
Il avait à peine assez d'argent pour acheter du pain et du lait. He had barely enough money to buy bread and milk.
Nous sommes dans le creux des affaires, on s'en sort à peine, c'est pourquoi nous n'avons pas la possibilité de prendre un temps partiel. We're in a slump, barely scraping by, so we certainly don't have the margin to take on a part-time worker.
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