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Grammar detail: 〜ところ

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JLPT:
〜ところ - just (about to / doing / did)
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verb plain form
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ところ
means
just about to do ~
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かれ
彼
は
はな
話
そうとするところだった。
He was about to speak.
With a plain past verb, it means
just did ~
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かれ
彼
はたった
いま
今
がいしゅつ
外出
したところです。
I'm afraid he's just gone out.
With a present continuous verb, it means
just (now) doing
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かれ
彼
は
ぬす
盗
みをしているところを
み
見
つかった。
He was detected in the very act of stealing.
ところ is from
ところ
所
 meaning 'place', so the literal meaning of the expression is something like 'at the place of doing'.
Another similar common expression is
いま
今
の
ところ
所
, which means 'at the moment', or 'right now'.
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Kanji used in this grammar

所
ショ   ところ place   
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今
コン   キン   いま now   
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