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Skin Teeth One's едва еле еле чудом Made Promoted

eng by the skin of one's teeth
rus едва, еле-еле, чудом
ex We made it by the skin of our teeth.
He got promoted by the skin of his teeth — Его еле перевели в другой класс
syn hardly
part inf
eng_desc if you do something @, you only just succeed in doing it, and very nearly failed to do it

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