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81they can't wait hardly wait — I, they, etc. can t ˈwait/can hardly ˈwait idiom used when you are emphasizing that sb is very excited about sth or keen to do it • The children can t wait for Christmas to come. • I can hardly wait to see him again. Main entry: ↑ …
82I can't can hardly wait — I, they, etc. can t ˈwait/can hardly ˈwait idiom used when you are emphasizing that sb is very excited about sth or keen to do it • The children can t wait for Christmas to come. • I can hardly wait to see him again. Main entry: ↑ …
83they can't can hardly wait — I, they, etc. can t ˈwait/can hardly ˈwait idiom used when you are emphasizing that sb is very excited about sth or keen to do it • The children can t wait for Christmas to come. • I can hardly wait to see him again. Main entry: ↑ …
84not hardly — adverb Not even hardly: not at all …
85be hardly cold in one's grave — be dead for only a short time …
86can hardly make ends meet — barely pays his bills each month, cannot really afford much …
87could hardly make ends meet — barley earned enough money to pay his bills, barely earned enough to survive …
88scarcely\ any — • hardly any • scarcely any Almost no or almost none; very few. Hardly any of the students did well on the test, so the teacher explained the lesson again. Charles and his friends each had three cookies, and when they went out, hardly any cookies …
89scarcely\ ever — • hardly ever • scarcely ever adv. phr. Very rarely; almost never; seldom. It hardly ever snows in Florida. Johnny hardly ever reads a book …
90halis — (*) : hardly ever. Comp. halisaiw hardly …