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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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presque [pʀɛsk] ADV

nous sommes presque arrivés
we're almost ou nearly there
presque tout le monde/chaque semaine
almost everybody/every week
presque la moitié
almost half
presque toujours
almost always
la presque totalité des étudiants
almost all the students
il y a trois ans presque jour pour jour
it's nearly three years to the day
la même histoire ou presque
the same story or almost the same
tout le monde ou presque
everybody or almost everybody
il n'y avait personne ou presque , il n'y avait presque personne
there was hardly anyone there
c'était le bonheur ou presque
it was as close to happiness as one can get
il ne reste presque rien
there's hardly anything left
cela n'arrive presque jamais
it hardly ever happens
il n'a presque pas plu
it hardly rained at all
il ne neige presque plus
it has almost stopped snowing
elle n'a rien mangé ou presque
she ate hardly anything
il ne se passe presque pas de jour sans que quelque chose arrive
hardly a day goes by without something happening
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semi-literate
presque illettré
well nigh
presque
nigh on
presque
purblind archaic
presque aveugle, malvoyant
well-nigh
pratiquement, presque
almost
presque
almost everybody
presque tout le monde
almost any train
presque tous les trains
we're almost there
nous sommes presque arrivés
she has almost finished the letter
elle a presque fini la lettre
nearly
presque
nearly as big
presque aussi grand
she was nearly crying
elle pleurait presque
we're nearly there
nous sommes presque arrivés
I have nearly finished
j'ai presque fini
it's nearly bedtime
c'est presque l'heure d'aller se coucher
nearly identical
quasiment or presque identique
nearly a week later
presque une semaine plus tard
£1, 000 or very nearly
1 000 livres sterling ou presque
virtually
pratiquement, presque
virtually anywhere
presque or pratiquement partout
virtually every household has one
chaque ménage ou presque en a un
very occasionally
très rarement, presque jamais
below/near the poverty line
au-dessous du/presque au seuil de pauvreté

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presque [pʀɛsk] ADV

presque
nearly
tout le monde ou presque
everyone or nearly everyone
je ne l'ai presque pas entendu
I could hardly hear him
je ne connais presque personne
I know hardly anyone
il pleurait presque
he was nearly crying
une place sans presque personne
a place with nearly nobody
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well-nigh
presque
barely audible
presque inaudible
almost
presque
hardly ever/anybody
presque jamais/personne
to near completion
être presque à l'état final
to be pretty certain
être presque certain
pretty nearly finished
presque terminé
nearly
presque
to be nearly there
être presque arrivé
quite a handful
presque une poignée
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presque [pʀɛsk] ADV

presque
nearly
tout le monde ou presque
everyone or almost everyone
je ne l'ai presque pas entendu
I could hardly hear him
je ne connais presque personne
I know hardly anyone
il pleurait presque
he was nearly crying
une place sans presque personne
a place with practically no one
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well-nigh
presque
almost
presque
barely audible
presque inaudible
hardly ever/anybody
presque jamais/personne
to near completion
être presque à l'état final
nearly
presque
to be nearly there
être presque arrivé
to be pretty certain
être presque certain
pretty nearly finished
presque terminé
quite a handful
presque une poignée
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