"up and about" "the whole town was astir over the incident"
"lasted approximately an hour" "in just about a minute" "he's about 30 years old" "I've had about all I can stand" "we meet about once a month" "some forty people came" "weighs around a hundred pounds" "roughly $3,000" "holds 3 gallons, more or less" "20 or so people were at the party"
"dirty clothes lying around (or about)" "let's look about for help" "There were trees growing all around" "she looked around her"
"a few spectators standing about" "hanging around" "waited around for the next flight"
"wandering about with no place to go" "people were rushing about" "news gets around (or about)" "traveled around in Asia" "he needs advice from someone who's been around" "she sleeps around"
"about face" "suddenly she turned around"
"turn about is fair play"
"the job is (just) about done" "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded" "we're almost finished" "the car all but ran her down" "he nearly fainted" "talked for nigh onto 2 hours" "the recording is well-nigh perfect" "virtually all the parties signed the contract" "I was near exhausted by the run" "most everyone agrees"
