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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) | |||
| just on the point of; any minute; just about | |||
| before long | |||
| presently (Mr. Wolf) | |||
| just about to (used with the future tense of verbs) | |||
| around the corner; to-be | |||
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| that's it!; that's right! | |||
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| imminent (требует замены конструкции ) | |||
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| Advertising | 1 |
| Aluminium industry | 2 |
| American usage, not spelling | 53 |
| Animation and animated films | 1 |
| Approving | 7 |
| Australian | 2 |
| Bible | 1 |
| Bookish / literary | 4 |
| British usage, not spelling | 22 |
| Business | 3 |
| Cinematography | 1 |
| Cliche / convention | 16 |
| Computer networks | 1 |
| Computers | 1 |
| Contextual meaning | 11 |
| Dialectal | 2 |
| Diplomacy | 8 |
| Disapproving | 2 |
| Economics | 2 |
| Electronics | 1 |
| Emphatic | 7 |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | 3 |
| Exclamation | 3 |
| Figurative | 8 |
| Figure of speech | 3 |
| General | 1198 |
| Geology | 1 |
| Humorous / Jocular | 6 |
| Ice hockey | 1 |
| Idiomatic | 66 |
| Informal | 329 |
| Internet | 1 |
| Invective | 5 |
| Irish | 1 |
| Ironical | 5 |
| Jargon | 1 |
| Literally | 1 |
| Literature | 7 |
| Low register | 22 |
| Makarov | 183 |
| Mass media | 2 |
| Mathematics | 7 |
| Medical | 2 |
| Military | 1 |
| Military lingo | 2 |
| Nonstandard | 18 |
| Nuclear and fusion power | 1 |
| Obsolete / dated | 15 |
| Oil / petroleum | 1 |
| Politics | 2 |
| Programming | 2 |
| Proverb | 46 |
| Quotes and aphorisms | 5 |
| Religion | 6 |
| Rhetoric | 9 |
| Rude | 5 |
| Sakhalin | 1 |
| Sarcastical | 5 |
| Saying | 2 |
| Scientific | 15 |
| Scottish usage | 1 |
| Slang | 98 |
| Spoken | 1 |
| Sports | 1 |
| Technology | 1 |
| Teenager slang | 1 |
| Vulgar | 4 |
| Weapons of mass destruction | 1 |