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barely
['bɛrɫi]
they could barely hear the speaker
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hardly
['hɑrdɫi]
we hardly knew them
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just
['dʒəst]
just missed being hit
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scarce
['skɛrs]
"would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave" - W.B.Yeats
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scarcely
['skɛrsɫi]
had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open