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be about

verb
  1. To have (something) as a primary focus. (transitive) · What is this book about?
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Sherlock Holmes chuckled to himself, and appeared to be about to make some remark, when Lestrade, who had been in the front room while we were holding this conversation in the hall, reappeared upon the scene, rubbing his hands in a pompous and self-satisfied manner.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 32 · B2
“I smile because there appears to me to be about as much inclination for the consummation of the engagement in question as there is for my own.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 574 · C1

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