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| собираться; почти; готовность совершить действие; близко; около; иметь намерение; вот-вот (A.Rezvov) | |||
| случится вскоре (Interex); произойдёт вскоре (Interex) | |||
| иметь намерение; собираться (You know, the boss was not about to give any of his staff. – Знаешь, босс даже и не собирался выделять мне своих людей.) | |||
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| вот-вот (used with the future tense of verbs) | |||
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