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hardly; barely; by a finger's breadth; narrow; just barely (о расстоянии ART Vancouver); by a narrow margin; just; with the skin of one's teeth; ever so slowly (Traffic on Hwy 1 creeping ever so slowly between Gagliardi and Kensington – еле ползёт ART Vancouver); faintly; with much effort (Он еле-еле прикрепил вагон. Rudnicki); laboriously (Rudnicki); strenuously (Rudnicki); cumbersomely (Rudnicki); arduously (Rudnicki); gruelingly (Rudnicki); scarcely | |||
by a nose | |||
scant | |||
by the skin of one's teeth (We were able to catch the train but only by the skin of our teeth.); by the hair of one's chinny-chin-chin (VLZ_58) | |||
narrowly; almost | |||
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