거의 없었다

there was hardly any

→ 거의
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there was hardly any Describes something that was almost nonexistent or an event that almost never happened in the past.
KO: 그때는 시간이 거의 없었다.
EN: There was hardly any time then.

다른 사람이 그렇게 할 일은 거의 없었다.

There was hardly anything for anyone else to do.

나는 그 줄에 설 일이 거의 없었다.

I hardly ever had to stand in that line.

방문 중 인 우주선에 그런 책이 있을 가능성은 거의 없었다.

There was almost no chance the visiting spaceship had a book like that.