verge

    noun
  1. vora, marge, voral, vorell, vorada.
  2. to be on the verge of disaster ésser a dos dits del desastre.
  3. to be on the verge of forty ésser a la ratlla dels quaranta.
  4. on the verge of war a la vigília de la guerra.
  5. to be on the verge of a great discovery estar a punt de fer una gran descoberta.
  6. she was on the verge of tears estava a punt de plorar.
    7. intransitive verb
  7. to verge on ésser a dos (dits \ passos) de, acostar-se a, ratllar.
  8. she was verging on hysteria ratllava la histèria.