单词 | to be born ready |
释义 | > as lemmasto be born ready P13. to be born ready: to have a natural ability or eagerness to do whatever is required, meet a challenge, etc. Frequently as an affirmative response in I was (also we were, etc.) born ready. ΚΠ 1877 T. S. Perry tr. I. S. Turgenev Virgin Soil xxv. 193 ‘And you, Neshdanof, are you prepared?’.. ‘And Markelof?’..‘He, I suppose, was born ready.’ 1991 Times 12 Oct. i. 36/1 If you were asked whether you were ready (ready for what was not always stipulated), you had to bark: ‘We were born ready.’ 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 19 Aug. 7 For all his motivational skills, Boothroyd's a modest man who doesn't seek publicity... Was he ready for the first game of the season at Everton? ‘I was born ready.’ < as lemmas |
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