• to run sy close, to run sy hard
• to come up to broadside
• have the heels of another ship
• to go a long way towards sg
• approximate, proximate, rough
• approach, approximation
• about, at a rough estimate, on a rough estimate, something like
• accessible, amenable, approachable
• they are much the same age
• it is beyond my reach, it is out of my reach
• not a quarter as good as, not a quarter so good as
• easy of access, easy to approach
• house within easy distance
• these figures are only a rough estimate
• the harbour is easy to enter