"Since I retired to this place," he wrote near the end of his life, "I have never been out of these mountains."
“自从退休到这里，”他在快到生命尽头时写到，“我从没出过这些山。”
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2
We won in the end but it was a near thing.
我们最后赢了，但比分很近。
《牛津词典》
3
Whereas now, as I near the end of my fourth decade, I realize work can be fully functional and entirely fulfilling without needing to be best mates with the people sitting next to you.