abia
Adverb
1. (cu greutate)
2. (nu tocmai)
3. (d. cantitate)
4. (nu tot)
5. (numai)
6. (numai)
7. (numai)
8. (numai)
9. (numai)
10. (d. timp)
11. (d. timp)
12. (d. timp)
13. (cu greutate)
14. (cu greutate)
Expressions:
hardly
2. (nu tocmai)
not quite/wholly
3. (d. cantitate)
scarcely
4. (nu tot)
hardly
5. (numai)
only
6. (numai)
but
7. (numai)
just
8. (numai)
merely
9. (numai)
no more than
10. (d. timp)
only
11. (d. timp)
not later than
12. (d. timp)
no longer ago than
13. (cu greutate)
with (much) trouble/difficulty
14. (cu greutate)
with (much) ado
Expressions:
l-am văzut abia ieri = no longer ago than yesterday
abia atunci = only then
abia atunci = (then and) not till then
abia peste două zile = not for another two days
abia ... și ... = scarcely... when...
abia ... și ... = no sooner ... than ...
abia acum știu adevărul = only now do I know the truth
abia ajunge = it is hardly/scarcely enough
abia (dacă) avea cu ce să trăiască = he had barely enough to live (up)on
abia intrase în casă = he had just stepped inside
abia ne puteam ține de râs = we could scarcely keep/refrain from laughing
abia poate să citească = he can hardly/scarcely read
abia poate să citească = he reads but indifferently
un băiat care abia terminase școala = a boy fresh from school
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 laer than
voi afla abia mâine = I shall only hear of it to-morrow
abia atunci = only then
abia atunci = (then and) not till then
abia peste două zile = not for another two days
abia ... și ... = scarcely... when...
abia ... și ... = no sooner ... than ...
abia acum știu adevărul = only now do I know the truth
abia ajunge = it is hardly/scarcely enough
abia (dacă) avea cu ce să trăiască = he had barely enough to live (up)on
abia intrase în casă = he had just stepped inside
abia ne puteam ține de râs = we could scarcely keep/refrain from laughing
abia poate să citească = he can hardly/scarcely read
abia poate să citească = he reads but indifferently
un băiat care abia terminase școala = a boy fresh from school
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 laer than
voi afla abia mâine = I shall only hear of it to-morrow