The mouse narrowly escaped.

Meaning: This sentence describes the mouse's close call with being caught, emphasizing the intensity of the chase and the mouse's skillful evasion.

Choice of Words: Narrowly means by a small margin or difference. Escaped suggests the mouse's successful avoidance of capture.

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The mouse barely got away.

Meaning: This sentence means the same as the first sentence. It means that the mouse was in a dangerous situation and it almost didn't get away, but it did.

Choice of Words: The word barely means almost not or just barely. The word got away means to escape from a dangerous or difficult situation. So, when we say "The mouse barely got away," we mean that the mouse almost didn't get away from a bad situation, but it did.

The mouse escaped by the skin of its teeth.

Meaning: This sentence means the same as the first two sentences. It means that the mouse was in a dangerous situation and it almost didn't get away, but it did.

Choice of Words: The phrase by the skin of its teeth means to escape from a dangerous or difficult situation by a very narrow margin. So, when we say "The mouse escaped by the skin of its teeth," we mean that the mouse almost didn't get away from a bad situation, but it did.

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