à peine bedeutet auf Englisch

barely▼◼◼◼(by a small margin)
adverb
[UK: ˈbeə.li] [US: ˈber.li]

hardly▼◼◼◼(barely, only just)
adverb
[UK: ˈhɑːd.li] [US: ˈhɑːrd.li]

scarcely▼◼◼◻(almost not, by a small margin)
adverb
[UK: ˈskeə.sli] [US: ˈsker.sli]