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 едва
gen. hardly; scarcely; no sooner; nearly; just; scarce
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gen. one can
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gen. refrain from
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едва adv.stresses
gen. hardly (Hardly had the plane landed at the Miami airport, when it started to rain. – Едва самолет приземлился в аэропорту Майами, как начался дождь.); scarcely; no sooner; nearly; just (I just caught the train – я едва (еле-еле) поспел на поезд); scarce; lightly; by a narrow margin; only just; by a narrow squeak (Anglophile); by a finger's breadth (Anglophile); scarсely (last_tochka); ill (ли); subtly (vernerhalt); barely; have a hard time (I had a hard time finding where you live 4uzhoj); faintly; anear; just (Alex_Odeychuk); slightly; scantly (Russian geologists estimate the blocks offered to Eni in Wednesday’s agreement hold about 36 billion barrels of oil or the equivalent in natural gas, though they have been only scantly explored. NYT Alexander Demidov); almost before (almost before he finished speaking – едва он кончил говорить Stas-Soleil)
Gruzovik no sooner than
austral., slang by a nose
dial. scant (Russian geologists estimate the blocks offered to Eni in Wednesday’s agreement hold about 36 billion barrels of oil or the equivalent in natural gas, though they have been only scantly explored. NYT Alexander Demidov)
idiom. by the hair of one's chinny-chin-chin (VLZ_58); by the skin of one's teeth (удасться, суметь, успеть: He escaped from the secret police by the skin of his teeth. • I passed the test by the skin of my teeth. Aleksei Svetailo)
inf. barely (достаточный: barely enough for their needs Val_Ships)
Makarov. narrowly; near
math. just a little
mus. appena
obs. scant
relig. well-nigh
scient. marginally (tavost)
scottish jimp
slang little; in a pig's eye
едва можно удержаться от: 2 phrases in 1 subject
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