"sur le point de" meaning in French

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          "english": "He was about to cry.",
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          "english": "He waited patiently for her to wash the dishes and was even about to help her.",
          "ref": "1957, Georges Simenon, Maigret s'amuse, CMI Publishing, published 2020, →ISBN, page 110:",
          "text": "Il attendit patiemment qu’elle eût fait la vaisselle et il fut même sur le point de l’aider.",
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          "english": "Let us note that there are some examples of a mixed type between the two races; here a putto crowned with ivy whose head is reminiscent of a young satyr, or, better yet, a putto on the verge of transforming into a young satyr […]",
          "ref": "1969, Le putto dans l'art romain [The putto in Roman art], Brussels: éd. Latomus, page 17:",
          "text": "Notons qu’il existe, entre les deux races, quelques exemples d’un type mixte : voici un putto couronné de lierre dont la tête fait penser à celle d’un satyreau, ou, mieux encore, un putto sur le point de se métamorphoser en satyreau, […]",
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          "word": "en passe de"
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