eg.I had a close call on my way to work, A car hit my bike but I didn’t fall.

我今天上班路上的情况挺惊险，一辆车撞了我的自行车，不过我没有摔倒。

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The international space station had a close call in late June, when an unidentified object came within 1, 100 feet but caused no damage; astronauts were preemptively evacuated to emergency spacecraft.

今年6月下旬，国际空间站侥幸脱险，当时有一个不明物体飞到离空间站不到1100英尺的位置，但没有造成破坏；宇航员抢先疏散到紧急飞行舱。

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It was a close call indeed.

那真是千钧一发的事。

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We knew it would be a close call but there were no other options.

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It was not even a close call in the view of the majority.

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