We got him out in the end, but it was a close thing.
我们最后总算把他救了出来，可那是真险啊。
这或许是桩千钧一发的事。
I luckily caught the bus, but it was a close thing.
我运气很好赶上了汽车，可差点就赶不上了。
That was a close thing! They nearly hit the other car!
好险啊！他们差点撞在另一辆汽车上。
What a close thing that was! The enemies nearly not him.
多么侥幸的事啊！敌人差点把他抓住了！
It was really a close thing that he survived the accident.
他在事故中幸存下来，真是死里逃生。
This is not to say that the landing was not a close thing.
这并不是说，这次登陆不是一发千钧。
We gave the job to Michael in the end, but it was a close thing as all the applicants were good.
最终我们把工作给了迈克尔，真是难分伯仲，因为所有的申请人都很优秀。
The election was a close-run thing.
这次选举是一次险胜。
His cap was a dainty thing, his close-buttoned blue cloth roundabout was new and natty, and so were his pantaloons.
他的帽子很精致，他蓝色的上衣紧紧地扣着，又新又整洁，他的裤子也是如此。
In fact, so much traveling was really a good thing because it made us close.
事实上，如此多的旅行真的是一件好事，因为它让我们更亲密。
The deputy mayor of the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret and a close friend of Sarkozy's told RTL radio this thing.
巴黎郊区勒瓦卢瓦-佩雷的副市长和萨科齐的亲密朋友告诉了RTL电台这件事。
Virtual relationships are not my thing, I have hardly any time for my close friends so would have even less time for a virtual group of acquaintances.
我不会在乎虚伪的人际关系，我连和自己亲密的朋友们在一起的时间都不够用，更别说和那些泛泛的点头之交了。
The closest thing to a standard in this space (close only in the sense that the moon is closer to Brooklyn than Jupiter is) is XUpdate.
这方面最接近标准的是XUpdate(所谓接近，是月亮比木星到布鲁克林的距离近这个意义上而言的)。
It's a small thing, but after 33 years we have a very close, solid marriage.
虽然这是件小事，但33年来，我们的婚姻关系一直很亲密而牢固。
What her last illness was, I am not certain: I conjecture, they died of the same thing, a kind of fever, slow at its commencement, but incurable, and rapidly consuming life to wards the close.
她最后得的是什么病，我不大清楚，我猜想他们是因同样的病而死去的，即一种热病，病起时发展缓慢，可是无法医治，而在最后很快地耗尽了生命。
Leaving all those I'm close to will be a sad thing.
离开所有我亲近的人是件让人难过的事。
Now take a close look at each thing on the list, and consider: How does this give my life value?
现在仔细看看单子上面的每一项，然后考虑一下：这一些能给我的生活增加什么价值呢？
A similar thing, called ground effect, can happen when an aircraft gets very close to the ground. Flying fish, it seems, use this effect to their advantage as they skim across the sea.
相似的，被称为地面效应，能够在飞机十分贴近地面是产生。飞鱼似在飞跃海面时，利用了这一效应。与之相似的还有“地面效应”，这种效应在飞机十分贴近地面时产生。飞鱼在掠过海面时，似乎就利用了这一效应。
The only thing that can be said with certainty is that a proposal that seemed close to death is now alive and kicking.
现在唯一可以确信的是，一项几近死亡的提案，如今又活跃起来。
When you find yourself frustrated with a friend or a close family member who didn't take your advice, you desperately want to say something like "I told you so" or "That was a dumb thing to do."
当一个朋友或家庭中亲密的一员没有接受你的建议，让你感到失望的时候，你会极度地想说些诸如“我早就告诉过你(这个)了，或者那样做真蠢”的话。
Yes, this deal, which is expected to close before Oct. 31, is a very close-knit thing.
是的，这个交易是非常严密的，预计将于2009年10月31日前结束。
The last thing we'd expect a lighthouse to do is to turn off its light, close its doors, and run the other way because the storm is coming.
最后我们期待一个灯塔去做的事是关掉它的光，关上它的门，而运行在不同的道路上——因为暴风雨正在来临。
To those of you close to a bi-polar person, the best thing you can do is try to ride their waves as best as you can.
对于那些和一位双相情绪紊乱接近的人，你能做的最好的一件事就是尽量随着他们的波动。
This breath-takingliving "thing" would bask in the morning sun in a progressive bloom, and then slowly close her petals to rest with the setting of the sun.
这一令人惊叹的生物在清晨吸取了阳光的温暖，随之一点一点开始绽放，接着，伴着夕阳的落下，她又一片一片合上花瓣，好好休息。
This breath-takingliving "thing" would bask in the morning sun in a progressive bloom, and then slowly close her petals to rest with the setting of the sun.
这一令人惊叹的生物在清晨吸取了阳光的温暖，随之一点一点开始绽放，接着，伴着夕阳的落下，她又一片一片合上花瓣，好好休息。
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