to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before
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as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
(medicine) clinical
facing death / at death's door
approaching death / on one's deathbed
(formal) to honor with one's presence / to attend
to face sth / to be confronted with
to approach / to come closer
to descend / to arrive / to come
on the edge of / (fig.) on the verge of / close to
to approach / to draw near / to be close to (in space or time)
temporary worker / temp / temporary work
to befall / to be imminent
just before parting
critical / boundary
before leaving / on departure
critical point / boundary point
to face childbirth / about to give birth / refers esp. to the onset of regular contractions
to arrive (esp. of notable person) / to visit (more formal than 光臨|光临[])
to be facing imminent calamity (idiom) / disaster is looming
(idiom) to experience it for oneself / to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc)
lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude
to grace sb with one's presence / your arrival (honorific) / your esteemed presence
to visit in person / to personally attend
at the last moment / right at the end
facing execution
words of advice on parting
to befall
dying (from illness) / facing death / on one's deathbed
(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
to go personally to consult subordinates (of a high official)
to be at the scene (sitting for an exam, performing, competing, giving directions etc) / firsthand (experience) / impromptu (remarks etc)
the feeling of actually being there
to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting)
see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[]
to practice calligraphy from a model
to go in person (of emperor) / to copulate with a concubine (of emperor)
clinical death
clinical characteristic / diagnostic trait
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