paene

almost

Usages of paene

• Puella paene clamat, quia canis annulum capit.: The girl almost shouts, because the dog takes the ring.
• Puer paene veritatem dicit, sed timet.: The boy almost tells the truth, but he is afraid.
• Quia puer cecidit, parvum vulnus in genu habet, et paene nullus sanguis est.: Because the boy fell, he has a small wound on his knee, and there is almost no blood.
• Bos cornu, quo portam paene tangit, tam magnum habet ut puer timeat.: The ox has a horn with which it almost touches the gate, so large that the boy is afraid.
• Fluctus tam alti sunt ut rete in aqua paene lateat.: The waves are so high that the net is almost hidden in the water.
• Puer fatetur se veritatem celare et matrem paene fallere voluisse.: The boy admits that he wanted to hide the truth and almost deceive his mother.
• In convivio omnes rident, sed consobrinus taciturnus paene nihil dicit et paulisper murmurat.: At the banquet everyone laughs, but the silent cousin says almost nothing and murmurs for a little while.
• Hedera super murum crescit et fenestram paene tegit.: Ivy grows over the wall and almost covers the window.
• Pater dicit ventum saevum fenestram paene fregisse.: Father says that a fierce wind almost broke the window.
• Tantus imber cecidit ut via ad forum paene flumini similis videretur.: So great a rain fell that the road to the forum seemed almost like a river.
• Avus meminit grandinem olim tam gravem cecidisse ut vitis paene frangeretur.: Grandfather remembers that hail once fell so heavily that the vine was almost broken.

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