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| ⇒ едва не; чуть ли не | |||
| barely; nearly; near; within an ace of; as near as; only not; had like; about (I about jumped out of my skin! • my heart just about jumped out of my chest • I came so close to the driveway that I about hit his car. 4uzhoj) | |||
| within an ace of something (Alexander Demidov) | |||
| as near as kiss your hand (Aly19); almost; just about (+ глагол прош. вр.: "Surrey a major Canadian city? just about crapped myself over that one! you'd have to pay me to live in Surrey!" ART Vancouver) | |||
| all but; by inches; near to | |||
| almost nearly | |||
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| all but; within an ace of | |||
| чуть не: 320 phrases in 19 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 1 |
| British usage, not spelling | 2 |
| Business | 1 |
| Chess | 1 |
| Emphatic | 22 |
| Figurative | 1 |
| Figure of speech | 3 |
| General | 153 |
| Grammar | 2 |
| Idiomatic | 15 |
| Informal | 24 |
| Literature | 2 |
| Makarov | 78 |
| Obsolete / dated | 2 |
| Politics | 3 |
| Proverb | 5 |
| Saying | 2 |
| Shipbuilding | 1 |
| Slang | 2 |