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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His whisper was hardly audible when he said, "Oh, Huck, its a stray dog!"

他小声得几乎让人听不见，说道：“哦，哈克，那是只野狗！”

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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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So in 1999, when the impressive 1990s bull market was in full swing, investors hardly noticed when the Glass Steagall Act (which had separated financial institutions since the 1930s to prevent banks from getting into brokerage and trading activities) was repealed.

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But Bush is hardly alone when it comes to a president going back on his tax promise.

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It seems that BA's core shareholders support him: the share price hardly moved when the strike was announced.

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