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Sentence #917236

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 AlanF_US AlanF_US August 23, 2013 August 23, 2013 at 4:37:13 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

"That was a close." -> one of the following:

"That was close."
"That was a close shave."
"That was a near miss."

There are other possibilities, but they've already been added as sentences.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #121922猫をさけるためバスは道をそれてドライバーは「危ういところだったな」といった。.

When the bus swerved to miss a cat, the driver said, “That was a close.”

added by CK, May 31, 2011
➜ #121922猫をさけるためバスは道をそれてドライバーは「危ういところだったな」といった。

linked by CK, May 31, 2011
When the bus swerved to miss a cat, the driver said, "That was a close."

edited by CK, May 31, 2011
➜ #2333235Toen de bus uitweek voor een kat, zei de bestuurder: "Dat was op het nippertje."

linked by MSWindowsinside, March 23, 2013
When the bus swerved to miss a cat, the driver said, "That was close."

edited by CK, August 25, 2013
➜ #2698430Als der Bus herumschwenkte, um einer Katze auszuweichen, sagte der Fahrer: „Das war knapp.“

linked by al_ex_an_der, August 25, 2013
➜ #2698459Kiam la buso veturis kurbe, por ne trafi katon, la ŝoforo diris: "Tio preskaŭ estis tuŝo."

linked by al_ex_an_der, August 25, 2013
➜ #2698494Da bussen drejede hurtigt til siden for at undgå at ramme en kat, sagde chaufføren: "Det var tæt på."

linked by danepo, August 25, 2013
➜ #2698498Quando o ônibus deu uma guinada para não pegar um gato, o motorista disse, "Faltou pouco."

linked by carlosalberto, August 25, 2013
➜ #2698540Quando le bus cambiava bruscamente su direction pro mancar un catto, le conductor diceva, "Il ha mancate poco".

linked by carlosalberto, August 25, 2013
➜ #11106630고양이를 비켜가기 위해 버스가 방향을 틀었을 때, 운전기사는 "큰일날 뻔했네"라고 말했다.

linked by intertime, September 9, 2022