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〜んばかり
〜んばかり = "as if about to ~" — describes an imminent action that didn't quite happen.
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Practice 〜んばかり →〜んばかり (〜せんばかり) attaches to the ない-stem: 言わんばかり (as if to say), 泣き出さんばかり (on the verge of tears). Literary — the action is implied, not performed.
彼は怒りで今にも爆発し＿＿＿の様子だった。
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