khó khăn 
hardly like: kaum → →
kaum ☊ 
hầu như không ☊ 
☊ kaum ☊ 几乎不 ☊ jī hū bù 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 ☊
She spent hardly any of the money. ☊ any ☊
Hardly anyone came. ☊ anyone ☊
I can't wait to get back home. ☊ back ☊
The air was so cold we could hardly breathe. ☊ breathe ☊
There is little contact between the two organizations. ☊ contact ☊
The show barely covered its costs. ☊ cover ☊
She hardly ever (= almost never) goes out. ☊ ever ☊
They eke out a precarious existence (= they have hardly enough money to live on). ☊ existence ☊
The payments he gets barely cover his expenses. ☊ expense ☊
The human form has changed little over the last 30 000 years. ☊ form ☊
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 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 scarcely earns enough to keep himself and his family. ☊ keep ☊
There was little doubt in my mind. ☊ little ☊
She said little or nothing (= hardly anything) about her experience. ☊ little ☊
I could hardly believe my luck when he said yes. ☊ luck ☊
Her income was barely enough to maintain one child, let alone three. ☊ maintain ☊
There's not much of a market for black and white televisions nowadays. ☊ market ☊
Signing the forms is little more than (= only) a formality. ☊ more ☊
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 ☊
There is little chance that we will succeed in changing the law. Nevertheless, it is important that we try. ☊ nevertheless ☊
I can't wait for this nonsense to end so that we can all be friends again. ☊ nonsense ☊
Her scars are hardly noticeable now. ☊ noticeable ☊
He hardly ever opens his mouth (= speaks). ☊ open ☊
She has not changed much over the years. ☊ over ☊
From newspaper reports a picture emerges of a country barely under control. ☊ picture ☊
popular (with sb): These policies are unlikely to prove popular with middle-class voters. ☊ popular ☊
He hardly seemed to notice my presence. ☊ presence ☊
The magnetic pull of the city was hard to resist. ☊ pull ☊
There is little evidence that harsher punishments deter any better than more lenient ones. ☊ punishment ☊
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 ☊
No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears. ☊ no sooner... than... ☊
There are few surprises in this year's budget. ☊ surprise ☊
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 ☊