Usage examples of "fast nie" in German with translation to English

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Er geht selten oder fast nie ins Kino. He seldom, if ever, goes to the movies.
Ah, jetzt erinnere ich mich. Ich habe ein Kondom benutzt; etwas, das ich selten oder eher fast nie tue. Ah, now I remember. I used a condom; something I rarely, or rather practically never, do.
Tom ist fast nie zu spät. Tom is almost never late.
Es regnet hier fast nie. It hardly ever rains there.
Er arbeitet fast nie. He hardly ever works.
Tom kann fast genauso schnell schwimmen wie Mary. Tom can swim almost as fast as Mary.
Er hat nie jemand geschadet. He has never hurt anyone.
Wissenschaftlichen Schätzungen zufolge ist das Universum fast vierzehn Milliarden Jahre alt. According to scientific estimates, the universe is nearly 14 billion years old.
Jetzt oder nie! It's now or never.
In manchen kanadischen Gebieten gibt es fast keine Menschen. Some Canadian territories have almost no people.
Sie benutzt nie Papiertücher. Sie ist so ein Ökofreak, weißt du. She never uses paper towels. She is such a tree hugger, you know.
Wir fingen beide fast gleichzeitig an zu lächeln. Both of us began to smile almost at the same time.
Ich schreibe Briefe, die ich nie abschicke. I write letters which I never send.
Die Frau ist fast taub. The woman is almost deaf.
Der Kommunismus wird nie erreicht werden, solange ich lebe. Communism will never be reached in my lifetime.
Er hat den Stoppschild nicht gesehen und hat das Kind auf der Straße fast überfahren. He didn't see the stop sign and almost hit the child crossing the street.
Greif diese Flasche nie wieder an! Don't touch this bottle ever again!
Unsere Arbeit ist fast fertig. Our work is almost over.
Ich war noch nie selbst dort. I have never been there myself.
Ich habe fast nichts bekommen. I got next to nothing.
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