Bu ülkede petrol sınırlıdır.
- Oil is scarce in this country.
Bilgi sınırlıdır; bilgelik daha sınırlı.
- Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.
Yağmur bu ülkede seyrektir.
- Rain is scarce in this country.
Telefon kulübeleri burada çok az bulunur.
- Telephone booths are very scarce around here.
Telefon çalmadan önce güç bela eve varmıştım.
- Scarcely had I reached home before the telephone rang.
Neredeyse gözlerime inanamıyordum.
- I scarcely believed my eyes.
Neredeyse gözümü bile kırpmadım.
- I scarcely slept a wink.
Tom hemen hemen hiç egzersiz yapmaz.
- Tom scarcely ever gets any exercise.
Tom hemen hemen hiç egzersiz yapmaz.
- Tom scarcely ever gets any exercise.
Ayaklarımın üzerinde güçlükle durabiliyordum.
- I could scarcely stand on my feet.
Tom güçlükle nefes alabildi.
- Tom could scarcely breathe.
Tom hemen hemen hiç egzersiz yapmaz.
- Tom scarcely ever gets any exercise.
Bir gökkuşağı belirmeden önce, hemen hemen yağmur durmuştu.
- Scarcely had the rain stopped before a rainbow appeared.
Ben ona neredeyse hiç inanamıyorum.
- I can scarcely believe it.
Neredeyse hiç nefes alamadım.
- I could scarcely breathe.
Biri kapıyı çaldığında o, kitabı okumaya henüz başlamıştı.
- She had scarcely started reading the book, when someone knocked at the door.
Öğrenciler sorular sormaya başladığında sınıfa henüz girmiştim.
- I had scarcely entered the class before the students started asking questions.
Upon the barred and slitted wall the splotched shadow of the heaven tree shuddered and pulsed monstrously in scarce any wind.
Perhaps I should make myself scarce before he finds any more miserable tasks to assign to me.
His clothes could scarcely be called shabby, at least they passed muster in the half-light, but one’s imagination could not have pictured the wearer embarking on the purchase of a half-crown box of chocolates or laying out ninepence on a carnation buttonhole.
One could scarcely find any trout in the stream without the stocking program.
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best—for that we must have recourse to art.
Country doctors are as scarce as hen's teeth.
... the last four years, and jobs have been too scarce. I know what it takes to bring them ...
... is that we needed to take our scarce resources and make ...