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"A close-run thing" nghĩa là gì?
07 Dec, 2019
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"A close-run thing" = Khoảng cách nhỏ/rất hẹp giữa chiến thắng và thất bại (chiến thắng với điểm số sát nút); những điều/kết quả không vừa ý, rắc rối và nguy hiếm thì khó tránh khỏi được.
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It was also a close run thing for the minor places, Andrew Kilby taking third place with 12lb 14oz, and Don Green fourth on 12lb 2oz, just in front of Steve Borrett’s 11lb 12oz.
Scheer's victory in the 2017 leadership race was a close-run thing. It took 13 ballots (lá phiếu) for Scheer to defeat Maxime Bernier by the narrowest of margins (khoảng cách hẹp, sát nút nhau).
“When the doctors first looked at it, they said the chance of Tommy coming back was slim to none (không có, rất mong manh),” he said. Indeed, the whole affair was a close-run thing for Tommy, who underwent five surgeries (phẫu thuật) in two weeks to repair the leg.
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