Does the narrator use the word "almost", because it all happened before Helen Keller's second birthday?
Native speaker’s answer
Rebecca
Yes, that's correct. "Almost" means "nearly" here, so you can understand it as Helen Keller was nearly two years in age, but had not yet reached her second birthday. Ex: I almost got a perfect score on the exam. Ex: I was almost late to class, but I made it just in time.