без ма́лого
expression
- 1.
almost, nearly, close to
Ведь э́то бы́ло без ма́лого два́дцать лет наза́д.
After all, that was almost twenty years ago.
Used before numerals and expressions of quantity, meaning slightly less than the figure named.
Examples
В о́бщей сло́жности э́тот пара́д дли́лся без ма́лого час.
The parade lasted almost an hour in total.
С большо́й долей вероя́тности без ма́лого 90% языко́в ми́ра мо́гут исче́знуть к концу́ ны́нешнего века.
As many as 90% of the world's languages are likely to disappear by the end of this century.
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