Sentence examples of "à peine" in French with translation "barely"
Lors des sécheresses, les fermiers sont à peine en mesure de survivre.
During droughts, farmers are barely able to eke out a living.
Tom pouvait à peine entendre ce que Mary s'efforçait de dire.
Tom could barely hear what Mary was trying to say.
J'étais à peine rentré à la maison lorsque la tempête éclata.
I had barely got home when the storm broke.
Il avait à peine assez d'argent pour acheter du pain et du lait.
He had barely enough money to buy bread and milk.
Nous sommes dans le creux des affaires, on s'en sort à peine, c'est pourquoi nous n'avons pas la possibilité de prendre un temps partiel.
We're in a slump, barely scraping by, so we certainly don't have the margin to take on a part-time worker.
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