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  • 11prepared — [prɪˈpeəd] adj 1) ready and able to do something Ant: unprepared We have to be prepared for anything.[/ex] 2) ready for use Make sure the room is prepared before they get there.[/ex] 3) done or made earlier Bonner read from a prepared… …

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  • 12for — [[t]fə(r), STRONG fɔː(r)[/t]] ♦ (In addition to the uses shown below, for is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives in order to introduce extra information, and in phrasal verbs such as account for and make up for . It is also used with… …

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  • 13prepared — adjective 1. made ready or fit or suitable beforehand (Freq. 14) a prepared statement be prepared for emergencies • Ant: ↑unprepared • Similar to: ↑braced, ↑embattled, ↑ …

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  • 14prepared — adjective 1) he needs to be prepared for the worst Syn: ready, (all) set, equipped, primed; waiting, on hand, poised, in position 2) I m not prepared to cut the price Syn: willing, ready, disposed …

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  • 15prepared — adjective 1) prepared for action Syn: ready, (all) set, equipped, primed, waiting, poised 2) I m prepared to negotiate Syn: willing, ready, disposed, (favourably) inclined, of a min …

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  • 16for — for1 W1S1 [fə strong fo: $ fər strong fo:r] prep [: Old English;] 1.) used to say who is intended to get or use something, or where something is intended to be used ▪ I ve got a present for you. ▪ Someone left a message for Vicky. ▪ an English… …

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  • 17prepared — preparedly /pri pair id lee, paird lee/, adv. /pri paird /, adj. 1. properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane. 2. (of food) processed by the manufacturer or seller, by cooking, cleaning, or the like, so as to be… …

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  • 18prepared to — In its generalized meaning ‘willing to’, prepared to has gone the same way as ready to; in neither case is any element of preparedness or readiness necessarily involved, especially when it is used in the negative: I am not prepared to wait any… …

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  • 19prepared chalk — n finely ground native calcium carbonate that is freed of most of its impurities by elutriation and used esp. in dentistry for polishing …

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  • 20For He's a Jolly Good Fellow — For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow [For Hes a Jolly Good Fellow] a song that people sing to praise somebody who has done something that they admire. If the person is a woman, they sing For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow. The song is usually sung without… …

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