| English | Russian |
| just about to | вот-вот (used with the future tense of verbs) |
| about to start | вот-вот начнётся (Damirules) |
| be about to do something | намылиться (Ремедиос_П) |
| be about to give birth | быть на сносях |
| be about to give birth | на сносях |
| be about to give birth | на сносе |
| be about to leave | быть на отлёте |
| it's about to start | вот-вот начнётся (Damirules) |
| she was just about to leave | она было не ушла |
| something is about to happen | что-то назревает (VLZ_58) |