Act and Ready

Act

Act verb - To present a portrayal or performance of.

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Ready and act are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead a verb "Act".

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Ready verb - To make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function.

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Act and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a verb "Ready".

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

power	act power	ready power
life	act life	ready life
place	act place	ready place
time	act time	ready time
Other words: bit, nothing, times.

Appearing completely vulnerable, scared, unable to act and ready to trust the others, she turns out to be a calculating Master Actress who's been plotting her plan for survival from minute one.

Source: Light Novel / Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
Averted in Halo 4 when Master Chief is wholly ready to detonate the nuke inside the Composer, an act which would definitely kill him, and would have, if the sacrifice wasn't made by Cortana instead.

Source: Franchise / Halo
Cut to Takeshi exclaiming loudly to her in a classroom "We should make a baby." And they actually go halfway through the act before realising that they're not emotionally ready for it.

Source: Brother Sister Incest / Anime

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