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JLPT N2 Grammar

もう少しで

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N2 · Result · もう少しで + verb辞書形ところだった

almost; nearly

もう少しで + verb辞書形ところだった

もう少しで means something almost happened, often with ところだった.

It often refers to narrowly avoiding something bad, but can also be near success.

もう少しで大事な書類を捨てるところだった。

I almost threw away an important document.

Do not leave it alone; say what almost happened.

One step more and it would have happened.

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