Russian ⇄ English

с балкона и т.д. его речь была едва слышна stresses
gen.	his speech could scarcely be made out from the balcony (from the fifth row, from afar, etc.); his speech could barely be made out from the balcony (from the fifth row, from afar, etc.); his speech could hardly be made out from the balcony (from the fifth row, from afar, etc.)