Х23
С ХВОСТИКОМС ХВОСТОМ both
collPrepPthese forms onlyusu. used with a Num or quantit
NP as nonagreeing
postmodif ) (used when expressing
s.o. 's age or, less often, the time, size, or quantity of
sth. as an approximation rounded down to the nearest convenient figure) (the figure named) with a small excess
a little over...
a little more than......and then some...plus(Num)-odd...(in limited contexts) not much over...not much more than...(in refer, to clock time only) a little past... На вид Борису Ивановичу было лет пятьдесят с хвостиком. Boris Ivanovich looked to be a little over fifty.
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