"Mighty nigh" nghĩa là gì?

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"Mighty nigh" (cách nói cổ xưa) có nghĩa là gần, hầu hết, sắp. 

Ví dụ
She say we mighty nigh de same age. 

I loves him mighty nigh as good as I does you, Lawd, and I'd do mighty nigh anything for him which I would do for you. 

I was mighty nigh friz, an' I reckon (nghĩ là) he soon got that away, fer he kept dancin' about fust on one foot an' then on another, while we talked. 

Negroes (người da đen) came from all over St. Louis, East St. Louis, and mighty nigh everywhere else to be present at the witnessing of the miracle (chứng kiến phép màu). Lots of them didn't believe in Reverend Jones, but lots of them did. 

Thu Phương

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