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à peine

à peine
barely
From Lesson 270:Adverb placement in compound tenses·French

Usages of à peine

Vous avez à peine dormi pendant ce cycle.
You barely slept during this cycle.
Il est trois heures et il a à peine dormi.
It is three o'clock and he has barely slept.
J'ai à peine dormi à cause du stress.
I barely slept because of the stress.
À peine la sonde quitte-t-elle l'atmosphère qu'elle envoie le message.
Barely does the probe leave the atmosphere when it sends the message.
À peine l'homme voit-il la comète qu'elle disparaît.
Barely does the man see the comet when it disappears.
À peine l'éclipse a-t-elle commencé que l'astronome a paniqué.
Hardly had the eclipse started when the astronomer panicked.

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