No. 198 in Latvian

gandrīz

Almost.

In a sentence

Es gandrīz pabeidzu grāmatu līdz šim vakaram.
I almost finished the book by tonight.
The word 'gandrīz' is used here to indicate that the action of completing the book was near to happening but ultimately did not occur.
Šodien bija gandrīz tikpat auksts kā vakar.
Today was almost as cold as yesterday.
In this sentence, 'gandrīz' expresses a comparison, implying that the temperature today was very close to that of yesterday but not exactly the same.
Viņš gandrīz nokavēja vilcienu, bet paspēja.
He almost missed the train, but he made it.
Here, 'gandrīz' conveys a sense of narrowly avoiding an undesired situation, specifically missing the train.

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