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| in store; at call; be on the alert; on the qui vive; in train; at the ready (denghu); in the wings (materiality); at one's fingertips (Aly19); have in store; ready; on the alert; ready to use (We each held ready to use our various armaments zeev); on stand-by (If you have four troops on a checkpoint then you have two doing checks, two on over watch, plus the interpreter and the crew for the Bradley, commander and gunner good to go in case the chain gun is required and the driver on stand-by, not necessarily in the drivers seat. 4uzhoj); on the point | |||
| in readiness; at the point | |||
| in alert (LyuFi) | |||
| at hand | |||
| on one's toes; on tap (freely available whenever needed lexicographer) | |||
| on the line | |||
| on one's toes; peeled (Побеdа); on one's toes ("The cool football is always on his toes". == "Классный футболист - всегда начеку", - говорит Монт Кларк, тренер из Детройта, "Минским Зубрам" из Минска.) | |||
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| at cock; at full cock | |||
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| be poised (george serebryakov) | |||
| наготове: 124 phrases in 20 subjects |