- о, обо, касательно, относительно
Do you know anything about Russia?
Знаете ли вы что-нибудь о России? - вокруг, кругом
In the jungle, there are snakes all about the place.
В джунглях кругом есть змеи. - с, при
Have you much money about you?
У вас много денег с собой? - приблизительно, около, порядка
Tomorrow about this time.
Завтра, примерно в это же время.
| 1. He looks like he's about four years old. |  |
| 2. She's about 12 years old. |  |
| 3. When he woke up, there were about ten people waiting for his garage sale to begin. (garage sale: a homeowner sells unneeded, personal items from his or her garage) |
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| 4. He's been on the phone for about ten minutes. |  |
| 5. He weighs about 240 pounds. |  |
| 6. Those mountains are about five miles away. |  |
| 7. He's just about to sneeze. |  |
| 8. It took about 20 minutes to get our pizza delivered. |  |
| 9. She's reading a very interesting book about European history. |  |