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to wait — ready 1 realization Unique

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Vietnamese
lexeme		chực
meaning 1	to wait (for)	Đứng chực bên đường chờ хе buýt to stand by the road waiting for the bus (стоять наготове у дороги в ожидании автобуса)
direction	—
meaning 2	to be ready; to be about to do something
reference		SEAlang Vietnamese Bùi Hiền 2017: 221 Glebova, Sokolov 1992: 127
comment		'wait (for); expect, await; be on the watch (for), lie in wait (for)' (SEAlang Vietnamese); 'be ready' (Bùi Hiền 2017), 'be ready; going to do smth.' (Glebova, Sokolov 1992).