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| barely; nearly; within an ace of; as near as; only not; had like; near; 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); all but; nearly (example provided by ART Vancouver • "Something bumped my canoe hard from below," Geoff recalled, "and when I mentioned it to Chris, he said he hit something with his paddle which nearly took it out of his hand." = чуть не вырвало у него из рук весло (coasttocoastam.com)); within an inch of (He came within an inch of failing the exam) | |||
| within an ace of something (Alexander Demidov) | |||
| as near as kiss your hand (Aly19); 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); almost | |||
| all but; by inches; near to | |||
| almost nearly | |||
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| all but | |||
| Russian thesaurus | |||
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| ⇒ едва не; чуть ли не | |||
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чуть не : 351 phrases in 21 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 1 |
| British usage, not spelling | 2 |
| Business | 1 |
| Chess | 1 |
| Cliche / convention | 1 |
| Contextual meaning | 1 |
| Emphatic | 22 |
| Figurative | 1 |
| Figure of speech | 3 |
| General | 184 |
| Grammar | 1 |
| Idiomatic | 15 |
| Informal | 24 |
| Literature | 1 |
| Makarov | 78 |
| Obsolete / dated | 2 |
| Politics | 3 |
| Proverb | 5 |
| Saying | 2 |
| Shipbuilding | 1 |
| Slang | 2 |