by accident

1. Accidentally; unintentionally; without meaning to; as the result of an event not expected, aided, or willingly planned.

   Sorry. I knocked over the vase by accident.

2. As the result of some undesigned, unintended, unrelated, natural, or random occurrence; as the unexpected and unforeseen result of formerly unrelated factors.

   The car got totaled by accident; a giant snowdrift fell off the church roof.

   The only way that project still exists today is by accident; I thought we closed it years ago.

3. By chance; unexpectedly; as the result of an unrelated series of events.

   I hadn't seen her for years, but I ran into her by accident at the store.

   She overheard the information by accident.

1. I found that restaurant by accident.

   Я випадково знайшов цей ресторан. — Internecivus

   ruЯ случайно нашёл этот ресторан. — al_ex_an_der

   deIch habe dieses Restaurant zufällig gefunden. — MUIRIEL

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2. I met her on the street by accident.

   Я випадково зустрів її на вулиці. — deniko

   deIch habe sie zufällig auf der Straße getroffen. — MUIRIEL

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3. He met his English teacher at the station by accident.

   Він випадково зустрів свого вчителя англійської мови на вокзалі. — deniko

   ruОн случайно встретил на станции своего учителя английского языка. — fjay69

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4. It happened completely by accident.

   Це трапилося абсолютно випадково. — deniko

   ruЭто случилось совершенно случайно. — heccele

   deDas ist ganz zufällig passiert. — Fingerhut

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5. We met her by accident.

   Ми її зустріли випадково. — deniko

   ruМы случайно её встретили. — marafon

   deWir trafen sie zufällig. — Manfredo

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