by any chance

acaba, tesadüfen

Bir şeyin doğru olup olmadığını nazikçe sormak için kullanılır.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Used in a question to politely ask whether something might be true.

• Are you busy by any chance?
• Have you seen my keys by any chance?
• Do you by any chance know where the station is?

Nasıl kullanılır: Do you … by any chance? (Do you know her phone number by any chance?); Are you by any chance …? (Are you by any chance free tomorrow?)

Eş anlamlılar: perhaps, possibly

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: know by any chance, available by any chance, by any chance nearby

tesadüfen, şans eseri

Bir plan sayesinde değil, herhangi bir rastlantı veya şans sayesinde.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Through any possible accident or lucky event, rather than through a plan.

• If we meet by any chance, I'll return your book.
• Could such a complex pattern arise by any chance alone?
• If the letter reaches her by any chance, she will learn the truth.

Nasıl kullanılır: if … by any chance (If the seeds survive by any chance, we will plant them.)

Eş anlamlılar: by accident, by chance

Zıt anlamlılar: deliberately

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: happen by any chance, survive by any chance, arise by any chance