Geçmişe bakıldığında, çöplerimizi evlerimize çok yakın yakmamamız gerektiği apaçık ortadadır.
- In retrospect, it may seem obvious that we shouldn't have been burning our trash so close to our house.
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 ...
... And she's close to it already. ...