Sentence examples of "nearly" in English
The birth rate and death rate were nearly equal.
O índice de mortalidade e o índice de natalidade eram quase iguais.
Crossing the street, I was nearly hit by a car.
Ao atravessar a rua, eu quase fui atropelado por um carro.
When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.
Quando pergunto às pessoas o que elas mais lamentam sobre a escola secundária, quase todos dizem a mesma coisa: que perderam muito tempo.
Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails.
As unhas das mãos crescem cerca de quatro vezes mais rápido que as unhas dos pés.
The dictionary gathers nearly half a million words.
O dicionário contém cerca de meio milhão de palavras.
The sea covers nearly three-fourths of the earth's surface.
O mar cobre cerca de três quartos da superfície da Terra.
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