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| hardly; barely; by a finger's breadth; narrow; just barely (о расстоянии ART Vancouver); by a narrow margin; just; with the skin of one's teeth; ever so slowly (Traffic on Hwy 1 creeping ever so slowly between Gagliardi and Kensington – еле ползёт ART Vancouver); faintly; with much effort (Он еле-еле прикрепил вагон. Rudnicki); laboriously (Rudnicki); strenuously (Rudnicki); arduously (Rudnicki); gruelingly (Rudnicki); scarcely; cumbersomely (Rudnicki) | |||
| by a nose | |||
| scant | |||
| by the skin of one's teeth (We were able to catch the train but only by the skin of our teeth.); by the hair of one's chinny-chin-chin (VLZ_58) | |||
| narrowly; almost | |||
| appena | |||
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| American usage, not spelling | 2 |
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| Figure of speech | 1 |
| General | 160 |
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| Jargon | 1 |
| Makarov | 112 |
| Nonstandard | 1 |
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| Occupational health & safety | 1 |
| Proverb | 1 |
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| Sports | 3 |
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