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Barely Thing Happened Event Immediately Boeing Taxied Halt

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If you say that one thing had b_____ happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second .If you say that one thing had barely happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second .
The Boeing 767 had barely taxied to a halt before its doors were flung open.
Barely had she recovered from this trauma when Martin contracted whooping cough.
word barely
full-definition
adverb
You use barely to say that something is only just true or only just the case .
Anastasia could barely remember the ride to the hospital.
It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room.
His voice was barely audible.
She was an elfin-like girl who looked barely 10 years old.
If you say that one thing had barely happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second .
The Boeing 767 had barely taxied to a halt before its doors were flung open.
Barely had she recovered from this trauma when Martin contracted whooping cough.
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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