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barely
B2Frequent NGSL-3in a way that is just possible but only with difficulty
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I grew up in a very Chinese environment and went to a Chinese school, so I barely spoke English when I landed in New Jersey in the United States at age 13.
Joe Tsai Co-founder & Chair of Alibaba
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So, um, you can barely see.
I can't even imagine, you know, like that time—how could a man think of art when he's starving and barely eaten?
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