make ready to

make ready to do something

to prepare to do something He made ready to jump in the water and swim to shore as soon as the boat neared the beach.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eavan	EE-van	Irish
Yngvarr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Iohel	-	Biblical Latin
Anne (1)	AHN (French), AN (English), AN-ne (Danish), AHN-ne (Finnish), AH-nə (German), AHN-nə (Dutch)	French, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
Henrik	HEN-rik (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Armenian
Tovah	-	Hebrew