Biz istasyona yakın yaşarız.
- We live close to the station.
Köpek ölüme yakındır.
- The dog is close to death.
It rained for close to forty days and forty nights.
The project is close to finished.
The chair was close to the window.
... THEN IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS ...
... to one in five people on planet earth live in China and close to 40 percent of the population ...