But maybe it nearly did.

Near drowning and near strangulation with krammar (a Cambodian cloth scarf) have also been reported.

Which would cleave the skies asunder, rend the earth, and split the mountains,

The heavens are close to being torn apart by it, and the earth being split asunder, and the mountains succumbing and falling down.

The heavens are wellnigh rent of it and the earth split asunder, and the mountains wellnigh fall down crashing for

Well nigh the heavens are rent thereat and the earth cleft in sunder and the mountains fall down in pieces. Chapter 19

Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins,

At which the heavens almost rupture, and the earth splits, and the mountains fall and crumble.

It is such a monstrosity that heavens might well nigh burst forth at it, the earth might be cleaved, and the mountains fall

Whereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split asunder and the mountains fall in ruins,

The heavens are about to be rent apart at it, the earth to split open, and the mountains to collapse into bits,

Thereby the heavens are nearly torn and the earth split asunder, and mountains fall crashing down

The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation

This would almost cause the heavens to rent apart, the earth to cleave asunder and the mountains to crumble down in fragments,

The heavens may almost be rent thereat, and the earth cleave asunder, and the mountains fall down in pieces,

the heavens might well nigh burst thereat, and the earth break asunder, and the mountains fall down in pieces,

At it the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter ruin,

And that is something like nothing, or something next to nothing.

Almost many of them are impossible.

Almost.

Almost!

As good as.

Almost?

But what I discovered is it's almost impossible to find anyone who provides that treatment or care.

You're almost official.

Inspector Warren, the man who almost caught The Magician?

Practically no back?

Almost nothing.

Scarcely.

I'd a crowded 'em... a little closer to that flak at Frankfurt.

Hardly.

How do we stand? About even.

People I hardly knew, and perhaps you knew them no better.

There are hardly any girl's parts because hardly any girls invented anything.

HE Almost none.

He seldom, if ever, comes.

I almost won.

Almost 3 grand.

Practically no one.

Almost all, anyway.

I almost forgot.

And the fire's almost out.

It was almost full.

It's been almost 20 years

Almost all of them.