v. abia

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adv. (sil. -bia)

adv.
1. (Model) Cu greu, cu greutate; anevoie.
2. (Cantitativ, intensiv) foarte puţin, aproape de loc.
3. (Temporal) De foarte puţină vreme; de îndată ce, numai ce; chiar atunci, tocmai.
4. Cel puţin; măcar, barem. - Lat. ad vix.

adv.
1. doar, numai, tocmai, (reg.) taman. (Răspunsul îi vine ~ a doua zi.)
2. anevoie, greu. (~ a scăpat cu viaţă.)

(cu greutate) = hardly
(nu tocmai) = not quite / wholly
(d. cantitate) = scarcely
(nu tot) = hardly
(numai) = only
(numai) = but
(numai) = just
(numai) = merely
(numai) = no more than
(d. timp) = only
(d. timp) = not later than
(d. timp) = no longer ago than
(cu greutate) = with (much) trouble / difficulty
(cu greutate) = with (much) ado

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abia ... şi ... = no sooner ... than ...
abia ... şi ... = scarcely ... when ...
abia (dacă) avea cu ce să trăiască = he had barely enough to live (up)on
abia acum ştiu adevărul = only now do I know the truth
abia ajunge = it is hardly / scarcely enough
abia atunci = (then and) not till then
abia atunci = only then
abia intrase în casă = he had just stepped inside
abia ne puteam ţine de râs = we could scarcely keep / refrain from laughing
abia peste două zile = not for another two days
abia poate să citească = he can hardly / scarcely read
abia poate să citească = he reads but indifferently
abia venise = he had only just come
era abia de cinci ani când ... = she was scarcely five (years old) when
l-am văzut abia ieri = I saw him only / not later than
l-am văzut abia ieri = no longer ago than yesterday
un băiat care abia terminase şcoala = a boy fresh from school
voi afla abia mâine = I shall only hear of it to-morrow