뻔
Meanings
Noun
1. being almost; an event which was probable but did not happen (used after -을)
2. synonym of 본 (bon) (Jeolla dialect, Gyeongsang)
3. synonym of 버찌 (beojji) (Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong)
Pronunciation
ppeon
Examples7
잊을 뻔 했다.
I almost forgot.
그는 물에 빠져 죽을 뻔 했다.
He was nearly drowned.
톰은 죽을 뻔 했어.
Tom was almost killed.
골로 갈 뻔 했다.
[I] almost croaked.
난 거의 죽을 뻔 했다.
I was almost killed.
내가 옆에 있었기에 망정이지, 아니었으면 큰일 날 뻔 했다.
It's a good thing that I was by your side; otherwise, it would have been a disaster.