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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "al peu del canó"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "a punt"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "已準備好的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǐ zhǔnbèi hǎo de",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "已准备好的"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "med parat/klar (genstand/våben)"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "valmiina"
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"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "pronto"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "készenlétben"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "w gotowości"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "aposto"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "a postos"
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"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "нагото́ве"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "a punto"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "al pie del cañón"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "napohotóvi",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "напогото́ві"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "al peu del canó"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "a punt"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "已準備好的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǐ zhǔnbèi hǎo de",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "已准备好的"
},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "med parat/klar (genstand/våben)"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "valmiina"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "en joue"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "pronto"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "készenlétben"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "w gotowości"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "aposto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "a postos"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "de prontidão"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "pregătit"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "la îndemână"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nagotóve",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "нагото́ве"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "a punto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "al pie del cañón"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "napohotóvi",
"sense": "ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation",
"word": "напогото́ві"
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"word": "at the ready"
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