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"word": "al pie del cañón"
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"word": "已準備好的 /已准备好的"
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"word": "de prontidão"
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"word": "нагото́ве"
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"word": "a punto"
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"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "al pie del cañón"
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