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| there wanted but a little | |||
| came close to doing something (сделать Andrey Truhachev) | |||
| within an ace of something (Alexander Demidov) | |||
| might (модальный глагол might в сочетании с перфектным инфинитивом означает действие на грани свершения и переводится как чуть было не: Watch your step! Yesterday I might have broken my leg here. – Осторожно! Вчера я чуть было не сломал здесь ногу. Alex_Odeychuk) | |||
| nearly; very nearly; almost | |||
| came this close to (doing something I swear, I came this close to just slamming him right in his face! VLZ_58) | |||
| by a fingernail (Халеев) | |||
| чуть было не: 48 a las frases, 6 temas |
| General | 25 |
| Idiomático | 4 |
| Informal | 4 |
| Makárov | 11 |
| Negocio | 1 |
| Política | 3 |