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| almost; all but; near (I came near forgetting – я чуть не забыл; he near died with fright – он чуть не умер от страха; that will go near to killing him – это может убить его); near (I came near forgetting – я чуть не забыл) | |||
| like to; liked to | |||
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| nearly | |||
| едва не: 99 phrases in 13 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 1 |
| Chess | 1 |
| Emphatic | 2 |
| Energy industry | 1 |
| General | 50 |
| Idiomatic | 4 |
| Latin | 1 |
| Literature | 2 |
| Makarov | 28 |
| Mathematics | 4 |
| Obsolete / dated | 2 |
| Rhetoric | 2 |
| Slang | 1 |