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Значения термина close shave на английском

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Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin.

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Examples for "squeak"
Examples for "squeak"
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As it happened, Oswald had a very narrow squeak indeed that night.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
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James began to answer, but his voice came out as a squeak.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
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Rats run around in them day and night and fight and squeak.
Savva and the Life of Man: Two plays by Leonid Andreyev
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It lifted with a whiny squeak, obviously complaining from lack of use.
Strong, sleek and sinful
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The wax of the crayon made a soft squeak across the paper.
The outsiders
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For Mayo, it was important to come through a squeaker on Sunday.
The Irish Times
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We won the next game, and lost a squeaker on getaway day.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
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McCloskey had been elected in a squeaker against longtime Senator Larry Reed.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
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In this squeaker scenario, Trump owes his electoral life to white voters.
The Guardian
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When we came this way last, when we twisted that nassty young squeaker.
The hobbit: or there and back again
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Analysts have said the decision is likely to be a close call.
The Irish Times
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The decision to pass on the case was not a close call.
First degree
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If it is a close call, Roberts could cast the deciding vote.
Reuters
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Shrugging them off, Smith dismissed the very close call with one word:
Blind descent: the quest to discover the deepest place on earth
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But it will be a close call with inflation on the rise.
Reuters
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Although still haughty, his voice was clearly chagrined at his narrow escape.
The adventures of button
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He had a narrow escape; the knife just grazed the spinal cord.
The Captain of the Kansas
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The general was very much relieved, for it was a narrow escape.
Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
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Since embarking on this mission, we've had one narrow escape after another.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
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Shortly after his adventure in the caves, Gordon had another narrow escape.
The Story of General Gordon
Использование термина close shave на английском
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It had been a close shave, but I had been in time.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
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That was a close shave, having the local copper almost find him.
Evan and elle
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We had a mighty close shave over that state line this A.M.
The City of Fire
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We should have a close shave if anything gave way above us.
Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero
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I finally give you a white mark-butit was a close shave.
A Backward Glance at Eighty: Recollections & Comment
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But it was a close shave, all right, I tell you, Andy!
The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing; Or, Aeroplane Chums in the Tropi...
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No, nothing to speak of; but it was a close shave.
In Times of Peril: A Tale of India
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Brearley's erstwhile vice-captain was thus reprieved, a close shave of decidedly Turkish piquancy.
The Guardian
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It'll be an uncommonly close shave in any case- Ihavemyself to keep.
The Far Horizon
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The process of getting a close shave shouldn't be so strenuous.
Ebony
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Slightly prickly from a not-so- close shave, but smoother than she expected.
Sushi for one?
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Chandeliers do produce one memory, which might be classed as a close shave.
Life
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We all had a close shave more than once for being too fast.
Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
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Despite Sammy's close shave I maintained a well-grounded faith in him.
Sweetapple Cove
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We had a close shave, but we are out of danger.
Andy Grant's Pluck
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I am sound enough, thank goodness, but I had a very close shave.
The Stowmarket Mystery; Or, A Legacy of Hate
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