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virtually in English:

1. almost


It almost scared me not to see you online for a whole day.
We're almost there.
It's possible to study English with a native speaker almost anywhere in the world.
Almost the only time a fat man loses his temper is when he has been deprived of his food.
By the time he retires, my father will have worked for almost thirty years.
It is almost impossible to learn a foreign language in a short time.
The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
It was almost a decade ago, on May 8th, 1980, that Mount St. Helens erupted.
When he reached the station, the train had already left almost half an hour before.
A chance to do as we please, especially to do as little hard work as possible, is a secret desire of almost everybody.
You had better not go out now. It's almost 11.
If you were to fall from that bridge, it would be almost impossible to rescue you.
The gun went off while he was cleaning it, and the bullet almost struck his wife.
Last year, I spent so much time by myself that I almost forgot how to communicate effectively with others.
The bridge between Denmark and Sweden is almost five miles long.

2. almost but not completely



English word "virtually"(almost but not completely) occurs in sets:

new opportunities - intermediate

3. impossible


I've heard that it's impossible to sound like a native speaker unless one starts speaking the language before the age of twelve.
Hailing a cab in Manhattan at 5:00 p.m. is nearly impossible.
We are in danger of making life impossible for a large number of animal species.
Knowing how much school for my kids is costing, it's impossible to relax with a beer and take it easy.
Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it.
Though Tom's English seems quite good at times, he doesn't seem to know his limitations and it's impossible to convince him that he's wrong when he makes a mistake.
Impossible.
It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society.
No matter how we try, it is impossible to distinguish good people from bad people by outward appearances.
It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.
It seems that it's impossible to distinguish an obsessional neurosis from an intense love from a biochemical perspective.
Beauty is a letter of recommendation which it is almost impossible to ignore.
People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately.
My dictionary doesn't have the word "Impossible".
Do I really have that good a personality? "Impossible. After all, there's this time as well, but in middle school you sold off girl's pants all over to bring in the money."

English word "virtually"(impossible) occurs in sets:

Headway nigga

4. more or less


I more or less recognize the name.
She could earn $200 a night, more or less.
You will have to pay, more or less, 50 dollars for this book // I more or less recognize the name // It's 400 kilos, more or less

5. practically


We're practically family.
I’ve read practically all of his books.
Forget about the campaign. That kind of company policy is practically unchangeable.
It is practically unthinkable that a scientist of his stature would have made such an elementary mistake.
Tom knows how to operate practically any mode of transportation.
Having practically unenforced laws on the books allows the police to lock up many people at will, since most people will always be violating some law or another.
In Singapore, practically right on the equator, the rainy and dry seasons aren't very clear cut.
How is it that otherwise reasonable people come to believe that this same roof, that practically vanishing commodity, is freely obtainable just by packing up and going to another country?
Although this sentence has no grammatical mistakes, I think it would practically never be used.
I think it is certain that there is intelligent life in this universe, but the likelihood of that life coming to Earth is practically nil.
The plan was supported by practically all the attendants.
Ah, now I remember. I used a condom; something I rarely, or rather practically never, do.
By means of a super high-pressure water spray practically all the sediment is removed.
In her right hand was gripped a suspicious looking rod that practically radiated "I'm a magical girl item".
It's difficult to give an objective definition of terrorism, as it is practically different in every country.