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вот-вот | |
gen. | in a moment; in a little while; by-and-bye; at the edge of; on the point; that's it! |
пошёл дождь | |
gen. | it began to rain |
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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? | |||
just on the point of; any minute; just about | |||
before long | |||
used with the future tense of verbs just about to | |||
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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