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| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | by within a hair's breadth of something | на волосок (от чего-либо) |
| Makarov. | by a hair's breadth of something | на волосок (от чего-либо) |
| gen. | by a hair's breadth of | на волоске от |
| Makarov. | he was within a hair's breadth of being run over by a car | его чуть не переехала машина |