poised to do

poised to do something

ready to do something; in the right position to do something. The cat is poised to jump on the mouse. The army is poised to attack at dawn.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Butrus	-	Arabic, Coptic
Bruno	BROO-no (German), BRUW-naw (Polish)	German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Croatian, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Angel	AYN-jəl (English)	English, Bulgarian, Macedonian
MÜCahİT	-	Turkish
Lavrentiy	-	Russian
Ranald	-	Scottish