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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

What's the meaning of 'hardly~ than'?

Hardly had the men started training than they were sent into battle.

Does this sentence mean (1) the men had trained just a little or (2) they were just about to start the train and not trained at all?
  

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The men had trained just a little.

  • The men had trained just a little.
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The men had trained just a little.

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