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verge1

UK: /vɜːdʒ/ US: /vɝːdʒ/

Translation

n [c]
UK (US embankment)
arcén
to be on the verge of {sth/doing sth}
estar al borde de (hacer) algo
He was on the verge of a nervous breakdown
Estuvo al borde de un ataque de nervios
(Definition of verge n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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