by any chance

per caso

Si usa per chiedere gentilmente se qualcosa potrebbe essere vero.

In inglese semplice: Used in a question to politely ask whether something might be true.

• Are you busy by any chance?
• Have you seen my keys by any chance?
• Do you by any chance know where the station is?

Come si usa: Do you … by any chance? (Do you know her phone number by any chance?); Are you by any chance …? (Are you by any chance free tomorrow?)

Sinonimi: perhaps, possibly

Espressioni comuni: know by any chance, available by any chance, by any chance nearby

per un caso qualsiasi, per caso

Grazie a una coincidenza o a un colpo di fortuna, senza averlo pianificato.

In inglese semplice: Through any possible accident or lucky event, rather than through a plan.

• If we meet by any chance, I'll return your book.
• Could such a complex pattern arise by any chance alone?
• If the letter reaches her by any chance, she will learn the truth.

Come si usa: if … by any chance (If the seeds survive by any chance, we will plant them.)

Sinonimi: by accident, by chance

Contrari: deliberately

Espressioni comuni: happen by any chance, survive by any chance, arise by any chance