Köpek ölüme yakındır.
- The dog is close to death.
Tom, Mary'nin evinin John'unkine çok yakın olduğunu bilmiyordu.
- Tom didn't know that Mary's house was so close to John's.
It rained for close to forty days and forty nights.
The project is close to finished.
The chair was close to the window.
... be as close to the restroom as possible. ...
... but the data did not come close to supporting the conclusions.” And I thought to myself, ...