| English | Russian |
| I was about to | я как раз собирался (что-л. сделать • "Crews are on their way to an outage affecting 2,600 customers in Green Hills." "It's not showing up on your power outage map. I was about to call you guys and report this issue." ART Vancouver) |
| I was about to | я уже собирался (что-л. сделать • "Crews are on their way to an outage affecting 2,600 customers in Green Hills." "It's not showing up on your power outage map. I was about to call you guys and report this issue." ART Vancouver) |
| is about to get started | скоро начнётся (модель be about + infinitive • Well, we're at the time of night when overnight roadwork is about to get started or is starting. ART Vancouver) |
| is about to get started | вот-вот начнётся (модель be about + infinitive • Well, we're at the time of night when overnight roadwork is about to get started or is starting. ART Vancouver) |