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Dinner's ready.

A group of scientists stood by, ready to record the experiment.

Despite all my efforts, I will not have the report ready by Friday.

Is the essay ready? "No, I'm sorry. I haven't finished writing it yet."

Hang on a bit until I'm ready.

Tom is ready to resort to violence in order to get what he wants.

You'd be amazed how long it takes Tom to get ready in the morning.

We have to be ready not only for a straightforward test of strength, but also for a struggle in which every strategy comes into play.

Whenever I get ready to go shopping, he invariably starts getting on my back.

Midterm exams are next week. Just cramming the night before won't get you ready. The time to start studying is now.

If the tip was a dime in one glass, the waitress, in her haste to get the table ready for the next customer, would pick up the glass, the water would spill out, and that would be the end of it.

Our top priority is to settle this dispute once and for all, so we are ready to meet them halfway.

National rescue teams are on standby ready to fly to Japan.

Why didn't the half-cooked steak say hello to the nearly-cooked steak when the two saw each other? They both weren't ready.