Next
Next adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.
Ready
Ready adjective - Being in a state of fitness for some experience or action.
Both words in one sentence
- You've killed the Dragon and you're ready to just fast travel to your next destination instead of risking more dragons.
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A Chryssalid can be surrounded by three juicy soldiers ready to shoot it the next turn but still opt to kill a nearby civilian instead.
Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown -
At each point, when a Receptive is ready to advance into the next tier, they have a choice between two classes in the next tier.
Source: Video Game / Tabula Rasa
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