ready

prêt

Dont la préparation est terminée, pour servir ou pour faire face à ce qui va arriver.

En anglais simple : Prepared for use or for something that will happen.

• Are you ready?
• The food is ready to eat.
• We got ready for the trip last night.

Comment l'utiliser : ready to do something (We are ready to leave.); ready for something (Dinner is ready for you.)

Synonymes : prepared

Contraires : unprepared

Expressions courantes : ready to go, ready for school, get ready

préparé

Préparé ou transformé à l’avance, sans que vous ayez à faire ce travail.

En anglais simple : Already prepared or processed, so you do not need to do that work yourself.

• We bought ready-sliced bread.
• Ready-made clothes cost less than clothes made specially for you.
• She keeps ready-cooked meals in the freezer.

Synonymes : preprepared

Expressions courantes : ready-sliced bread, ready-made clothes, ready-cooked meals

enclin

Qui a tendance à faire quelque chose ou à réagir facilement d’une certaine manière.

En anglais simple : Likely or quick to do something or react in a particular way.

• She is always ready to laugh.
• He was ready to argue over every small detail.
• Their feelings are easily hurt, and they are ready to cry.

Comment l'utiliser : ready to do something (He is always ready to take offense.)

Synonymes : inclined, prone

Expressions courantes : ready to cry, ready to laugh, ready to argue

préparer

Mettre quelqu’un ou quelque chose en état d’agir ou de servir.

En anglais simple : To prepare someone or something for use or action.

• Ready the equipment before we leave.
• The crew readied the ship for departure.
• She is readying her team for the final match.

Comment l'utiliser : ready something for something (They readied the boat for the journey.)

Synonymes : prepare

Expressions courantes : ready the equipment, ready the troops, ready something for use