[khreung phī khreung khon] (adj) EN: near death ; on the brink of death ; extremely weak ; of fatal end FR: à l'article de la mort ; mourant ; agonisant ; à moitié mort
[きそくえんえん, kisokuen'en] (adj-no, adj-t, adv-to) gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive [Add to Longdo]
[せとぎわがいこう, setogiwagaikou] (n) (See 瀬戸際政策) brinkmanship diplomacy [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Brink \Brink\ (br[i^][ng]k), n. [Dan. brink edge, verge; akin to
Sw. brink declivity, hill, Icel. brekka; cf. LG. brink a
grassy hill, W. bryn hill, bryncyn hillock.]
The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a
precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a
border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig. "The brink of
vice." --Bp. Porteus. "The brink of ruin." --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
The plashy brink of weedy lake. --Bryant.
[1913 Webster] brinkmanship
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brink
n 1: a region marking a boundary [syn: {brink}, {threshold},
{verge}]
2: the edge of a steep place
3: the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the
verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" [syn: {verge},
{brink}]
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High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
