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НА ШАГ от чегоPrepPInvarthe resulting PrepP is usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: human) (often in refer, to death, committing a sin, being in an accident etc) one is very close to (doing) sth. : X был на шаг от Y-a = X was one step away from (doing) YX was on the verge (the brink) of (doing) Y.