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Bus/Financial - Insurance / Reinsurance; Interview | | English term or phrase: was ready to | At that time, the branch was managed by the present Managing Director of COMPANY, whose duties called him back to Madrid in a relatively short time. xxx got on very well with him and after one year , in August 1998 ***was ready to*** take over.
what is the sense of ready here: willing, or prepared? |
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| | English translation:prepared | Explanation:
this is suggested by "after one year"
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You could say it was the same thing - after two weeks xxx would not be ready to take over, they would say "no way, I can't handle this - I do not know enough about the job yet etc." i.e. they are unprepared and unwilling. But after a year they might feel more "comfortable" with taking over. |
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