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Idioms and Phrases
About to, will, as in I'm going to start planting now , or Do you think it's going to rain? or We thought the train was going to stop here . This phrase is used with a verb ( start, rain, stop in the examples) to show the future tense. Occasionally the verb is omitted because it is understood. For example, That wood hasn't dried out yet but it's going to soon , or Will you set the table?—Yes, I'm going to . [1400s] Also see go to .Example Sentences
I feel like “II Hands II Heaven” is going to just kill it live, but I’m going to cry the whole time.
He said it was being reported on multiple news channels, adding: "It's going to go wild."
"If the Russians continue their aggressive intentions towards Europe, we're going to be the first one – the gatekeeper," Mr Szatkowski says.
“If they go to court over the issue, the first thing CPB lawyers are going to say is this is viewpoint discrimination and they will probably be right,” McCall said.
"Immediately I was like 'if anybody in the world has developed these broadly neutralising antibodies, it's going to be him' and so I reached out," he said.
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