peine (pEn)

French · punishment

Baby Dragon · Bébé Dragon (10)

  1. I'm just beginning.

  2. He hardly works.

  3. Thank you for your trouble.

  4. It's all for naught.

  5. She hardly talks at all.

  6. It was a lost cause.

  7. What is your favorite sentence?

  8. We barely saw it.

  9. He can barely read.

  10. He can hardly speak.

Beginner · Débutant (10)

  1. It is hardly raining.

  2. I can hardly swim.

  3. This is an obvious sentence.

  4. I can barely breathe.

  5. I escaped from the sinking boat with difficulty.

  6. I am so tired that I can hardly walk.

  7. As soon as we got to the lake, we started swimming.

  8. He just drones on and on but hardly even touches on what we need to know for the test.

  9. No sooner had I gone out than it began to rain.

  10. It is worthwhile to read this novel.

Intermediate · Intermédiaire (10)

  1. She can hardly speak Japanese.

  2. That's hardly believable.

  3. It's hardly believable!

  4. It's not even worth mentioning.

  5. Hardly had he entered the room, when she burst into tears.

  6. They didn't so much as hint at it.

  7. The express train went by so fast that we hardly saw it.

  8. On the speaker's saying so, the audience burst out into laughter.

  9. The three-day discussion was worthwhile.

  10. There is no point in deluding yourself; you know well that she's just playing games with you.

Advanced · Avancé (10)

  1. Put this sentence into English.

  2. Mary is scantily clad.

  3. Tom could barely walk.

  4. Tom could barely breathe.

  5. Tom could barely talk.

  6. The water hardly began to boil when she added the ingredients.

  7. This proverb is worth remembering.

  8. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine.

  9. We have overcome the first obstacle with sorrow and distress.

  10. This book is worth reading twice.

Master Dragon · Maître Dragon (10)

  1. His son is serving his sentence.

  2. The flowers are barely blooming.

  3. Murder is punished by death.

  4. His face is distorted by pain.

  5. Many countries have abolished capital punishment.

  6. The death penalty should be abolished.

  7. We should abolish the death penalty.

  8. I had hardly walked a mile when it began to thunder.

  9. No sooner had he seen it than he turned pale.

  10. No sooner had he seen it than he turned pale.