е́ле-е́ле
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- 1.
barely, hardly, scarcely
Он е́ле-е́ле говори́т по-ру́сски.
He barely speaks Russian.
Emphatic reduplication of «еле»; stresses that something only just happens or is only just true.
- 2.
with great difficulty, only just
Мы е́ле-е́ле успе́ли на по́езд.
We only just made it onto the train.
With verbs of effort or achievement.
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