Biz istasyona yakın yaşarız.
- We live close to the station.
Köpek ölüme yakındır.
- The dog is close to death.
It rained for close to forty days and forty nights.
The project is close to finished.
The chair was close to the window.
... THEN IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS ...
... number of children per woman, per lifetime was very close to five. Today, the average ...