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1 He very nearly forgot
Чуть не забылDifficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > He very nearly forgot
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2 nearly
['nɪəlɪ]adv1) почти, приблизительно2) чуть не- I nearly forgot about it
- he nearly drowned•USAGE:(1.) Наречие nearly 1. не употребляется с наречиями, оканчивающимися на -ly, и со словом like; в этих случаях употребляется наречие almost: he spoke almost angrily он говорит почти сердито; she is almost certainly there она почти наверняка там; it made me feel almost like a host это создавало ощущение, что я почти хозяин. (2.) Со словами, обозначающими время, наречия nearly и almost, имеющие русские значения около, приблизительно, употребляются в конструкции с глаголом to be. Другие глаголы, как правило, не используются: it was nearly (almost) five when we came (но не *we came at nearly five). (3.) Только наречие nearly (а не almost) употребляется с предшествующими very, so, pretty: we were very nearly at the end of our journey наше путешествие подошло почти совсем к концу; I have pretty nearly forgotten about it я почти совсем об этом забыл/я об этом чуть не позабыл. (4.) For nearly 1.; See about, adv (5.) For nearly 2.; See almost, adv; USAGE (1., 2., 3., 4.). -
3 было
1. гл.;
3-е лицо ед. прош. вр. от быть
2. частица (почти, вот-вот) nearly, on the point of он было стал засыпать he had nearly fallen asleep, he was on the point of falling asleep, he was just going to fall asleep я чуть было не сказал I was on the point of saying, I nearly said чуть было не ( very) nearly
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