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на волосок
 на волоске
gen. by a thread
amer. close call
fig.of.sp. on the threshold of; on the threshold
 на волосок
gen. a near go; by the width of a hair
amer. hair's breadth
idiom. near miss
Makarov. by a hair's breadth of
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relig. Otus
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gen. of; off; against; for; on behalf; with
el. epicheiremata; epichiremata

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gen. a near go (от чего-либо); by the width of a hair (от смерти, опасности и т.п. Technical); by within a hair's breadth of something (от чего-либо); by a whisker of something (от чего-либо Anglophile); a near go go (от чего-либо); within hairbreadth (от чего-либо)
amer. hair's breadth (We were a hair's breadth away from getting caught. Val_Ships)
engl. the turn of a hair (Missed the car by the turn of a hair merriam-webster.com Aussie Ruskie)
idiom. near miss (SirReal)
Makarov. by a hair's breadth of something (от чего-либо); within a hair's breadth of something (от чего-либо)
modern close call (E.g., It was a close call! Рина Грант); close shave (Напр., "That was a close shave!" "The mountaineers had several close calls/shaves" Рина Грант)
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gen. by a thread (MariaEnglish)
amer. close call (от опасности; The doctor said I'd had a close call, and was lucky to be alive. Val_Ships)
fig.of.sp. on the threshold of (something Andrey Truhachev); on the threshold of something (Andrey Truhachev)
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: 210 phrases in 19 subjects
American usage, not spelling3
Automated equipment1
Biology2
British usage, not spelling1
Chess6
Figurative1
Figure of speech2
General95
Idiomatic11
Informal5
Literature1
Makarov72
Mass media1
Proverb1
Rhetoric1
Rude1
Slang4
Sports1
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