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part.
stresses
gen. in a moment; in a little while; by-and-bye (helen_ar); at the edge of doing something (SergeyL); on the point (of); that's it!; that's right!; by and by (скоро); be about to (Moscowtran); around the corner (There always seems to be an apocalypse around the corner. – Люди все время ждут, что вот-вот настанет конец света. 4uzhoj); on the edge of (Virtual reality is on the edge of going mainstream 4uzhoj); any minute now (4uzhoj); about (Slawjanka); there you have it (= то-то и оно 4uzhoj); imminently (ValMerk); nearly time for someone to do something (кто-либо) сделает (что-либо linton); soon (You're Getting Married Soon... Now What? – Ты вот-вот поженишься. Дальше что будешь делать? amazon.com jodrey); be about to do smth. (Ying); about to (A.Rezvov); that's it (MichaelBurov)
Gruzovik just on the point of; any minute; just about
Игорь Миг before long
context. presently (Mr. Wolf)
inf. momentarily (There was no sign of the bus but they assured us it would be along momentarily. Abysslooker); exactly (вот именно Abysslooker); just about to (used with the future tense of verbs)
slang around the corner; to-be
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Gruzovik that's it!; that's right!
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gen. imminent (требует замены конструкции )
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