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#: ''The supermarket '''closes''' at 5 o'clock on Saturday.'' | #: ''The supermarket '''closes''' at 5 o'clock on Saturday.'' | ||
#: ''Sadly, we have decided to '''close''' the shop.'' | #: ''Sadly, we have decided to '''close''' the shop.'' | ||
# {{ti verb}} If the distance or time between two different things '''closes''', they get closer together. {{synonyms|narrow}} {{antonyms|widen}} | # [[matsowa]] [[kusa]] <> {{ti verb}} If the distance or time between two different things '''closes''', they get closer together. {{synonyms|narrow}} {{antonyms|widen}} | ||
#: ''The government will use the $15 million to '''close''' a budget gap.'' | #: ''The government will use the $15 million to '''close''' a budget gap.'' | ||
#: ''With only three games left in the season, Milan is '''closing''' in on Hamburg.'' | #: ''With only three games left in the season, Milan is '''closing''' in on Hamburg.'' | ||
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[[File:Flag of Chicago (1917).svg|thumb|The stars are '''close''' to each other.]] | [[File:Flag of Chicago (1917).svg|thumb|The stars are '''close''' to each other.]] | ||
# {{cx|adverb}} [[kusa]], [[gab da]] / [[dab da]], [[kusa-kusa]] / [[baki da hanci]]. <> When two things are '''close''', they are [[near]] each other; the [[distance]] or [[time]] between them is small. | # {{cx|adverb}} [[kusa]], [[gab da]] / [[dab da]], [[kusa-kusa]] / [[baki da hanci]]. <> When two things are '''close''', they are [[near]] each other; the [[distance]] or [[time]] between them is small. | ||
##''Their houses are close together. <> Gidajensu na '''[[gab da]]''' juna. = Gidajensu | ##''Their houses are close together. <> Gidajensu na '''[[gab da]]''' juna. = Gidajensu '''[[na kusa]]''' da juna. [https://archive.org/details/englishhausadict00newm/page/43] | ||
##'' The stores are '''close''' at hand. <> Ga kantunan '''[[baki da hanci]]'''. [https://archive.org/details/englishhausadict00newm/page/43] | ##'' The stores are '''close''' at hand. <> Ga kantunan '''[[baki da hanci]]'''. [https://archive.org/details/englishhausadict00newm/page/43] | ||
##''The [[bank]] is '''close''' to the [[store]].'' | ##''The [[bank]] is '''close''' to the [[store]].'' | ||
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#: ''I like to keep my phone '''close''' at hand so I can get it quickly.'' | #: ''I like to keep my phone '''close''' at hand so I can get it quickly.'' | ||
#: ''They stood '''close''' together.'' | #: ''They stood '''close''' together.'' | ||
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