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