hardly 
几乎不 ☊ → 简直不 ☊ → ☊ → 
hardly 
ไม่ค่อย (จะ) ☊ maiF khaawyF jaL 
guère ☊ 
khó khăn 
硬的 
hart like: hardly → →
to be hardly different from ☊ 
chẳng khác ☊ to be hardly able to lift (one’s limbs) ☊ cất nhắc ☊ hard to understand, nearly unintelligible, hardly intelligble ☊ khó nghe ☊ 2392
Hardly anybody passed the examination. ☊ Hầu như không có ai qua kì thi. ☊ 2577
You're speaking too quietly, I can hardly hear you. ☊ Cậu nói nhỏ quá, tôi gần như không nghe được cậu nói. ☊ 2578
You've hardly changed! ☊ Cậu bây giờ trông vẫn như cách đây mười lăm năm. Cậu gần như không thay đổi. ☊ 2579
Our new boss is not very popular. Hardly anyone likes her. ☊ Bà chủ mới của chúng ta không được lòng lắm. Gần như chẳng có ai ưa bà ấy. ☊ 2580
It was very crowded in the room. There was hardly anywhere to sit. ☊ Phòng này rất đông. Gần như chẳng có chỗ nào để ngồi. ☊ 2629
Walter hardly ever watches TV, and rarely reads newspapers. ☊ Walter gần như không bao giờ xem vô tuyến và hiếm khi đọc báo. ☊ Almost no one (= hardly anyone) believed him. ☊ almost ☊
I've got hardly any money. ☊ any ☊
She spent hardly any of the money. ☊ any ☊
Hardly anyone came. ☊ anyone ☊
The air was so cold we could hardly breathe. ☊ breathe ☊
She hardly ever (= almost never) goes out. ☊ ever ☊
They eke out a precarious existence (= they have hardly enough money to live on). ☊ existence ☊
There's hardly any tea left. ☊ hardly ☊
Hardly anyone has bothered to reply. ☊ hardly ☊
She hardly ever calls me (= almost never). ☊ hardly ☊
We hardly know each other. ☊ hardly ☊
Hardly a day goes by without my thinking of her (= I think of her almost every day). ☊ hardly ☊
At the time, I hardly spoke any French. ☊ hardly ☊
There was hardly a cloud in the sky. ☊ hardly ☊
I can hardly keep my eyes open (= I'm almost falling asleep). ☊ hardly ☊
I could hardly believe it when I read the letter. ☊ hardly ☊
We can't stop for coffee now, we've hardly started. ☊ hardly ☊
We had hardly sat down to supper when the phone rang. ☊ hardly ☊
Hardly had she spoken than she regretted it bitterly. ☊ hardly ☊
He is hardly likely to admit he was wrong. ☊ hardly ☊
It's hardly surprising she was fired; she never did any work. ☊ hardly ☊
It's hardly the time to discuss it now. ☊ hardly ☊
You can hardly expect her to do it for free. ☊ hardly ☊
'Couldn't you have just said no?' 'Well, hardly (= of course not), she's my wife's sister.' ☊ hardly ☊
He's 24—hardly a baby. ☊ hardly ☊
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 ☊
You can hardly move in this pub on Saturdays (= because it is so crowded). ☊ move ☊
I need hardly tell you (= you must already know) that the work is dangerous. ☊ need ☊
Her scars are hardly noticeable now. ☊ noticeable ☊
He hardly ever opens his mouth (= speaks). ☊ open ☊
He hardly seemed to notice my presence. ☊ presence ☊
It hardly rained at all last summer. ☊ rain ☊
On the rare occasions when they met he hardly even dared speak to her. ☊ rare ☊
Go on, ask her; she can hardly refuse. ☊ refuse ☊
I could hardly believe the evidence of my own senses (= what I could see, hear, etc.). ☊ sense ☊
so ... (that)...: She spoke so quietly (that) I could hardly hear her. ☊ so ☊
This is hardly the time to discuss politics. ☊ time ☊
I can hardly wait to see him again. ☊ I, they, etc. can't wait/can hardly wait ☊
guère ☊ mon travail n’avançait guère ☊