Sentence examples of "à peine" in French with translation "scarcely"

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Je pouvais à peine tenir debout. I could scarcely stand on my feet.

J'ai à peine fermé l'œil. I scarcely slept a wink.

À peine s'était-il échappé qu'il fut recapturé. He had scarcely escaped when he was recaptured.

J'étais à peine arrivé à la maison que le téléphone sonnait. Scarcely had I reached home before the telephone rang.

Le chien m'avait à peine vu qu'il s'est enfui. Scarcely had the dog seen me when it ran away.

Ils ont à peine mis le nez dehors depuis que le bébé est né. They have scarcely gone out since the baby was born.

Elles ont à peine mis le nez dehors depuis que le bébé est né. They have scarcely gone out since the baby was born.

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