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por los pelos loc adv coloquial (por poco) (colloquial)by the skin of your teeth adv
  barely adv
  scrape by v expr
 No había estudiado mucho y aprobé por los pelos.
 I hadn't studied much and passed by the skin of my teeth.
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'por los pelos' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the Spanish description:
de milagro - en un tris
English:
by the skin of your teeth - only just - close but no cigar - close call - close shave - cutting it close - far-fetched - nose out - scrape through - squeak through


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