あと5秒遅かったら電車乗り遅れてたって英語でなんて言うの？

*If I was 5 seconds later, I would have missed the train! *I was 5 seconds away from missing the train! = I was ____ away from - meaning I was this close to this happening. This could be a time word like minutes/hours/ days/ weeks *I can't believe I very nearly missed the train. You could also say: * If I had a been just a little bit later I would have missed the train! * If I had been just 5 seconds later than I was, I would have been very late and missed my train! * Wow I got here just in time! Hope this helps! ^ ^

These three phrases are idioms or phrases that can be used to explain doing something with little or no time remaining. I got on the train in the nick of time. I got on the train at the last moment. I got on the train as the doors were closing.

If you want to tell someone that you almost missed your train, you can say something like "If i had arrived 5 seconds later, I would have missed the train." or "I would have missed the train had i been 5 seconds later."

These phrases explain that if you were only another 5 seconds late, you would have missed the train. They all mean the same thing that if you were just 5 more seconds later than when you had arrived, you would have missed the train and would of had to catch another one.

Trains have a habit of departing a station right on time.They do not wait for late comers as taxis or buses do.So, being late to arrive at the train station even by as little as 5 seconds, a commuter can miss the train. As in the first statement, suppose you had arrived 5 seconds late at the train station, you definitely would have missed it.So, to catch a train, you must arrive at the station earlier than the departure time or right on time.If you arrive at the train station 5 seconds after the departure time, you miss the train. So, you may say: Had I arrived 5 seconds late at the station, I would have missed the train. or I was right on time to catch the train, otherwise had I been as little as 5 seconds late, I would have missed it.

"If I was five seconds later, I would have missed the train." is a good way to say that you got to the train station and there was five seconds before the train left. Similarly, the phrase "I would have have missed the train by five seconds if I didn't get here when I did." is a good option. "I caught the train by five seconds." is a modern and perhaps shorter and more efficient phrase. We use 'to catch' to say that you get on the transportation. So to say that you 'caught the train by five seconds' means you were on the train on time by only five seconds.

You can use these sentences to say that you missed the train by five seconds. It also helps to explain that you actually would have stayed and not boarded if you arrived more than five seconds late.

To express that you were able to catch the train seconds before it departed, the sentences above can be used. In life, we have many moments where we find ourselves late for something and we arrive just before the allotted time. This can happen in many different situations like arriving for a movie just as it about to begin or arriving to see your friend at your place just before they left because they didn't find you there. "Wow, you arrived just as I was about to leave." "The movie started just as I arrived." "I made it there just in time!"

When you want to express that you would have missed the train if you had gotten to the train platform five seconds later; then you may express this in the following ways: -I would have missed the train if I had gotten to the station five seconds late. -If I'd gotten to the station five seconds later, I would have missed the train

If I was another five seconds late, I would have missed the train. I would have missed the train if I was another five seconds late. They both mean the same thing, and as you can see they are just worded the opposite way round, just depends on your preference. I hope this helps. Have a great day. Will

"I'm glad I made the train! Five more seconds and I would have been too late." This sentence conveys the idea that you barely made the train and if you had arrived 5 seconds later, you wouldn't have boarded the train. "That was close" gives the idea that it was a close call, or in other words, that you were very close to missing the train.

The word "just" in this sentence is very helpful because it shows exactly how close you were to not making it to the train on time. By starting the sentence with the word "if," it shows both the cause and effect of the situation that you were in. I hope that this helps. :)