Je close toglagol? Kaj to pomeni?
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Rebecca
Tu close toni glagol, ampak fraza, v kateri se closeuporablja kot pridevnik. Tu ni glagola, ki bi bil neposredno omenjen, vendar je po close to being. Close topomeni almost, nearly (skoraj, blizu). Primer: I spent close to three hours in traffic yesterday. (včeraj sem obtičal na cesti skoraj 3 ure.) Primer: He is close to graduating with his master's degree. (Kmalu bo diplomiral z magisterijem.)