Köpek ölüme yakındır.
- The dog is close to death.
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.
It rained for close to forty days and forty nights.
The project is close to finished.
The chair was close to the window.
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... And she's close to it already. ...