| Forme compuse: |
| Engleză | Română |
| armed and ready adj | (prepared for battle) | gata de luptă adj. |
| I'm armed and ready to prevent my home from being invaded. |
| get ready vi + adj | (prepare for [sth]) | a se pregăti vb.pron. |
| (figurat, informal) | a fi gata vb.intranz. |
| It takes him an hour to get ready before we go out. |
| get ready for [sth] v expr | (prepare yourself) | a se pregăti vb.pron. |
| The actors are getting ready for tonight's performance of the play. |
| get ready vi + adj | (dress, etc. to go out) | a se pregăti vb.reflex. |
| (pentru a ieși) | a se îmbrăca vb.reflex. |
| a se aranja vb.reflex. |
| Hurry up and get ready! They'll be here in a minute. |
| get [sth] ready vtr + adj | (prepare [sth]) | a pregăti vb.tranz. |
| a aranja vb.tranz. |
| The hotel staff are still getting the room ready. |
| get [sth] ready for [sb] vtr + adj | (prepare [sth] for [sb]) | a pregăti vb.tranz. |
| The marketing manager is getting a report ready for the director of the company. |
| get ready to do [sth] v expr | (prepare to do [sth]) | a se pregăti să vb.reflex. |
| I'm getting ready to run a marathon. |
| make ready to do [sth] v expr | (prepare for action) | a se pregăti vb.reflex. |
| Miranda made ready to set out on her journey. |
| not be ready v expr | (be unprepared) | a nu fi gata loc.vb. |
| My boyfriend should be going out at 7, but he always takes a long time to get dressed and will not be ready. |
| ready and willing adj | (keen to do [sth]) | gata de adj. |
| doritor de adj. |
| Not only is he qualified for the job, but he's ready and willing to start immediately. |
| ready for anything adj | informal (fully prepared) | pregătit pentru orice adj. |
| I've packed everything I might possibly need - I'm ready for anything. |
| ready to burst adj | informal, figurative (very excited) | simt că explodez! expr. |
| I'm ready to burst: I can't wait to tell you the good news! |
| ready to cry adj | (close to tears) | gata să izbucnească în plâns adj. |
| John seemed about ready to cry after Linda called him ugly. |
| Her lower lip would always tremble whenever she was ready to cry. |
| ready to drop adj | vulgar, informal (heavily pregnant) | a fi gata să nască expr. |
| She's so huge she must be ready to drop any day now. |
| ready to drop adj | US (tired) | mort de obosit, moartă de obosită loc.adj. |
| rupt adj. |
| I shouldn't have done that long hike after the gym: I'm ready to drop! |
| ready-made adj | (already made for sale) | semipreparat adj. |
| confecționat gata loc.adj. |
| bun de vânzare loc.adj. |
| We eat ready-made meals almost every day for supper during the week. |
"Ready,
set,
go!" (US),
"Ready,
steady,
go!" (UK),
"On your marks,
get set,
go!" interj | (start of race) | Pe locuri, fiți gata, start! interj. |
| Runners: Ready, set, go! |
