The messenger was told to be ready at three o'clock, but he came into the room booted and spurred at five minutes to the hour. (DEI) — Посыльного просили быть готовым к отъезду ровно в три; и он вошел в комнату в полной боевой готовности за пять минут до назначенного срока.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
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Preparation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Preparation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 preparation preparation Sgm: N 1 providing providing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 provision provision providence Sgm: N 1 anticipation anticipation &c.(foresight) 510 Sgm … English dictionary for students
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set — Synonyms and related words: A to Z, A to izzard, Brownian movement, Platonic form, Platonic idea, Zeitgeist, abet, accepted, accommodate, accord, accretion, acrid, aculeate, acuminate, acute, adapt, address, adhere, adherence, adhesion, adjust,… … Moby Thesaurus
planned — Synonyms and related words: advised, aimed, aimed at, all ready, all set, approaching, armed, armed and ready, arranged, blueprinted, booted and spurred, briefed, calculated, charted, coached, cocked, coming, conscious, considered, contemplated,… … Moby Thesaurus
prearranged — Synonyms and related words: all ready, all set, armed, armed and ready, booted and spurred, briefed, coached, cocked, cooked up, cut out, cut and dried, cut and dry, equipped, familiarized, fixed, good and ready, groomed, in arms, in battle array … Moby Thesaurus
all set — Synonyms and related words: all ready, armed, armed and ready, booted and spurred, briefed, coached, cocked, equipped, familiarized, good and ready, groomed, in arms, in battle array, in readiness, in the saddle, informed, loaded, loaded for bear … Moby Thesaurus
armed — Synonyms and related words: accoutered, all ready, all set, armed and ready, arrayed, battled, booted and spurred, briefed, bristling with arms, carrying, catered, cloaked, coached, cocked, copyrighted, covered, defended, deployed, embattled,… … Moby Thesaurus
briefed — Synonyms and related words: abreast of, all ready, all set, armed, armed and ready, au courant, booted and spurred, coached, cocked, educated, enlightened, equipped, familiarized, good and ready, groomed, in arms, in battle array, in readiness,… … Moby Thesaurus
