On the rare occasions when they met he hardly even dared speak to her.

彼此难得相见，他还几乎不敢跟她说话。

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When he was talking to a girl he could hardly speak, and when he did speak he talked gibberish.

跟女孩讲话时，他几乎说不出来，好不容易说出来了，又都是些胡言乱语。

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We had hardly sat down to supper when the phone rang.

我们刚坐下用晚餐，电话就响了。

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Mr. Putin can hardly denounce an American defense when Russia has one of its own.

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North-south divisions are hardly new in the EU. When the euro was planned in the 1990s many German politicians wanted a currency zone comprising only Germany, the Benelux countries and France.

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A. When we invested in Facebook, they hardly had any revenue.

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