Ready and Tell

Ready

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

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

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

Tell verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.

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Ready and tell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ready" instead a verb "Tell".

Nearby Words: telling, teller

truth	ready truth	tell truth
parents	ready parents	tell parents
time	ready time	tell time
plan	ready plan	tell plan
Other words: world, mother, nothing, times, sister.

Defiant to the End: As Charlie is ready to barge in the room in which Lilith is hiding in her thinkspace, she seems ready to accept her fate, but takes the time to tell him how much she hates him.

Source: Webcomic / Erfworld
The next evening, he arrives at Patti's house, ready to chow down, only for her to tell him that she was joking about the liver and onions; everyone's eating hot dogs instead.

Source: Shaggy Dog Story / Western Animation
When she tries to tell Stephen about it, he misunderstands and thinks she is finally ready to marry him.

Source: Film / Carefree

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