勉强 → ☊ 
to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough ☊ like: hầu như không → →
kaum ☊ 
hầu như không ☊ 
几乎不 ☊ jī hū bù kaum ☊ hầu như không ☊ ☊ Almost no one (= hardly anyone) believed him. ☊ almost ☊
He had altered so much I scarcely recognized him. ☊ alter ☊
I've got hardly any money. ☊ any ☊
Hardly anyone came. ☊ anyone ☊
The show barely covered its costs. ☊ cover ☊
She hardly ever (= almost never) goes out. ☊ ever ☊
The payments he gets barely cover his expenses. ☊ expense ☊
Hardly anyone has bothered to reply. ☊ hardly ☊
She hardly ever calls me (= almost never). ☊ hardly ☊
We hardly know each other. ☊ hardly ☊
At the time, I hardly spoke any French. ☊ hardly ☊
We had hardly sat down to supper when the phone rang. ☊ hardly ☊
Hardly had she spoken than she regretted it bitterly. ☊ hardly ☊
almost/virtually impossible ☊ impossible ☊
They might refuse to let us do it, but it's hardly likely. ☊ likely ☊
She said little or nothing (= hardly anything) about her experience. ☊ little ☊
I could hardly believe my luck when he said yes. ☊ luck ☊
Her scars are hardly noticeable now. ☊ noticeable ☊
He hardly ever opens his mouth (= speaks). ☊ open ☊
From newspaper reports a picture emerges of a country barely under control. ☊ picture ☊
He hardly seemed to notice my presence. ☊ presence ☊
On the rare occasions when they met he hardly even dared speak to her. ☊ rare ☊
so ... (that)...: She spoke so quietly (that) I could hardly hear her. ☊ so ☊
to be virtually impossible ☊ virtually ☊