about to
| start
| about to | |
| gen. | готовность совершить действие; близко; около; иметь намерение; почти; вот-вот |
| idiom. | случится вскоре; произойдёт вскоре |
| inf. | вот-вот |
| start | |
| gen. | встрепенуться; запускать; вступать |
| automat. | пуск |
| cables | запуск |
| forestr. | вводить в эксплуатацию; возбуждение |
| math. | вступить |
| notar. | старт |
| obs. | выпадать |
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| готовность совершить действие; близко; около; иметь намерение; почти; 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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about to : 1164 phrases in 56 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 8 |
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| Aviation | 2 |
| Bible | 2 |
| Business | 14 |
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| Emphatic | 6 |
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| Finances | 2 |
| Fishery fishing industry | 1 |
| Foreign exchange market | 1 |
| Foreign policy | 1 |
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| Hotel industry | 1 |
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| Humorous / Jocular | 2 |
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| Information technology | 3 |
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| Law | 12 |
| Librarianship | 1 |
| Literature | 10 |
| Logic | 1 |
| Makarov | 317 |
| Mathematics | 11 |
| Mechanics | 1 |
| Medical | 1 |
| Military | 5 |
| Military lingo | 2 |
| Nautical | 7 |
| Operation systems | 1 |
| Politics | 5 |
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| Programming | 11 |
| Proverb | 6 |
| Psychology | 3 |
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| Quotes and aphorisms | 9 |
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| Vulgar | 1 |