едва не | |
gen. | almost; all but; near; near |
amer. | like to; liked to |
Makarov. | only not |
опоздать | |
gen. | show up late; arrive late; kiss the hare's foot |
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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 | |||
only not | |||
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 |