verge

eşik

Bir şeyin gerçekleşmesine veya başlamasına çok az kalan nokta.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: The point when something is very close to happening or beginning.

• He was on the verge of tears.
• The scientists are on the verge of a major discovery.
• We were on the verge of giving up.

Nasıl kullanılır: on the verge of something (The business is on the verge of bankruptcy.); on the verge of doing something (She was on the verge of leaving when the phone rang.)

Eş anlamlılar: brink, threshold

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: on the verge, verge of collapse, verge of tears

kenar, yol kenarı

Bir alanın kenarı; özellikle yolun yanındaki çimenli şerit.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: The edge of an area, especially a strip of grass beside a road.

• Flowers grew on the verge.
• He parked his car on the grassy verge.
• Workers cut the grass along the road verge.

Eş anlamlılar: edge, margin, roadside

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: grass verge, road verge, on the verge

yaklaşmak, sınırına gelmek

Belirli bir özelliğe, duruma veya hale çok yakın olmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To be very close to a particular quality, state, or condition.

• His reply verged on rude.
• Her attention to detail verges on obsession.
• The task was so difficult that it verged on impossible.

Nasıl kullanılır: verge on something (His confidence verges on arrogance.)

Eş anlamlılar: border on, approach

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: verge on something, verge on obsession, verge on impossible