She is about to embark on a diplomatic career.

她即将开始外交生涯。

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The water's just about to boil.

水马上就要开了。

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I think he's about to leave.

我想他就要离开。

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"Friendship,position,wealth everything that makes life desirable to an ambitious man were about to be swept away by my answer."

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The two passages that I'm about to read juxtapose the viewpoints that I've been trying to evoke in describing Gadamer's position.

我要读的这两篇文章在某些观点上是并行的,我在讲伽达默尔的看法时想激发的就是这些观点。

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And she looks like she's about to pass out because her bag is so filled with so many objects. I mean,

她看起来就快晕过去了，因为她提的袋子实在是装了太多东西了。我是说，

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When the crowd is too bullish or bearish, the trend is about to reverse.

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It is a telling sign that specialty coffee may be about to go mainstream.

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From their cottage homestay I took in the imposing mountains I was about to cross.

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