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。

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It would be a close thing.

这或许是桩千钧一发的事。

youdao

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。

youdao

I felt close to that kind of thing because I had denied it and had been left away from it so long.

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Ah, n times, because for each value of i, I'm going to do that m thing, n*m so that is, close to what you said, right?

因此这就和你说的差不多了对不对？,这个问题的复杂度为，让我写下来，是-对不对，是？

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.. All right. I want to end by... I'm not close to ending, but the last thing I'm going to do is read aloud some student evaluations.

哦了，我想通过。。。来做结尾。,我没有接近尾声，但我想说的最后一件事,是大声念出一些学生的学科评价。

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It was a close thing, since by making it a matter of equity the judge is in fact admitting that M Jewell LLC had the letter of the law on its side.

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The magic, however, doesn't happen until you close the thing, turning on a display on the hood.

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It's a close run thing but I sense an over-arching theme here that will let me mention both.

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