almost
adv presque
almost impossible presque impossible
→ The effect is almost impossible to describe.
to almost do sth, I've almost finished. J'ai presque fini.
He almost fell. Il est presque tombé., Il a failli tomber.
→ I tripped and almost fell.
→ He contracted Spanish flu, which almost killed him.
→ She almost lost her arm after she was attacked by a shark.
→ Chris Makin almost headed Lauren's cross past Sereni.
almost a month presque un mois
→ He remained in hospital for almost three months.
→ The fight lasted almost half an hour.
→ The jury had deliberated for almost nine hours.
→ I spent almost a month in China.
almost 5 kilometres presque cinq kilomètres
→ The beach has almost a mile of golden sand.
→ At almost 37,000 km in length, Australia's is one of the world's longest coastlines.
→ The hospital was almost a mile away.
almost all presque tout
→ Storms have been hitting almost all of Britain recently.
almost as big as ... presque aussi grand(e) que ...
→ He was almost as tall as Pete, but thinner.
almost certainly presque sûrement
→ The arrested man will almost certainly be charged.
almost immediately presque immédiatement
→ The phone was picked up almost immediately.