Birçok böcek türleri yok olmanın eşiğindedir.
- Many species of insects are on the verge of extinction.
Tom açlığın eşiğindeydi.
- Tom was on the verge of starvation.
O, tam uyumak üzereydi.
- He was just on the verge of going to sleep.
Çocuklar ağlamak üzereydi.
- The children were on the verge of crying.
Every time I thought he was on the verge of telling us, he decided to say something else instead.
... was $1.80, $1.86. Why is that? Because the economy was on the verge of collapse, because ...