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EVP barely
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IELTS: barely + : 仅仅 几乎不 赤裸裸地 无遮蔽地
GBENDE: 短缺的 barely knapp
CORE: barely + + + + + + +
NGLS: barely + In a way that is difficult but still possible; almost not ☊
ENDE: barely knapp FN: barely adv Proportional_quantity
like: barely → →
to barely avoid (sth) ☊ xém chút nữa ☊
The show barely covered its costs. ☊ cover ☊
The payments he gets barely cover his expenses. ☊ expense ☊
Her income was barely enough to maintain one child, let alone three. ☊ maintain ☊
From newspaper reports a picture emerges of a country barely under control. ☊ picture ☊