À peine

"À peine" is a French expression that means "barely," "hardly," or "scarcely." It’s used to indicate that something is just happening or almost not happening.

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✅ Meaning:

• Barely / hardly / scarcely

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🧾 Examples:

• Il a à peine dormi.
  → He barely slept.

• Je l’ai vu à peine une minute.
  → I saw him for barely a minute.

• À peine arrivé, il est reparti.
  → Hardly arrived, he left again.

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🎧 Pronunciation:

• À peine is pronounced like:
  [ah PEN]
  (The "à" sounds like "ah," and "peine" sounds like the English word "pen" but nasalized slightly at the end.)

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