vos

Meaning

barely, hardly

Example

I barely caught the train, because the traffic in the city was terrible.

A way to remember it

Set phrases: vos ne vos "with great difficulty" and vos tik "as soon as".

More words at level C1

• įprastas habitual, customary
• įrodyti to prove
• įskaityti to count in, to take into account
• įtampa tension, strain
• įtikinti to convince, to persuade
• įveikti to overcome, to get through
• įvertinti to assess, to rate
• įžvalga insight

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