"a stento" meaning in Italian

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    "a‧stèn‧to"
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "english": "he had barely enough money to buy bread",
          "text": "aveva a stento soldi sufficienti per comprarsi il pane",
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          "english": "Sometimes he was beaten till he could hardly stand, then flung like a sack of potatoes on to the stone floor of a cell, left to recuperate for a few hours, and then taken out and beaten again.",
          "ref": "2000, George Orwell, translated by Stefano Manferlotti, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori, page 200:",
          "text": "A volte lo colpivano finché riusciva a stento a reggersi in piedi, poi lo scaraventavano come un sacco di patate sul pavimento di pietra di una cella, lo lasciavano lì per qualche ora per fargli recuperare un po' di energie, poi lo tiravano nuovamente fuori per riprendere a picchiarlo.",
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          "english": "Germany, a big Green [party] jump [in political representation], Cdu wins narrowly: coalition is on shaky ground",
          "ref": "2019 May 27, Paolo Valentino, “Germania, grande salto Verde, Cdu vince a stento: coalizione in bilico”, in Corriere della Sera:",
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        "hardly, barely, narrowly"
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        {
          "word": "a fatica"
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        {
          "word": "appena"
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        "with difficulty"
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      "ipa": "/a ˈstɛn.to/"
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          "english": "Sometimes he was beaten till he could hardly stand, then flung like a sack of potatoes on to the stone floor of a cell, left to recuperate for a few hours, and then taken out and beaten again.",
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          "text": "A volte lo colpivano finché riusciva a stento a reggersi in piedi, poi lo scaraventavano come un sacco di patate sul pavimento di pietra di una cella, lo lasciavano lì per qualche ora per fargli recuperare un po' di energie, poi lo tiravano nuovamente fuori per riprendere a picchiarlo.",
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          "english": "Germany, a big Green [party] jump [in political representation], Cdu wins narrowly: coalition is on shaky ground",
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          "word": "a fatica"
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