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All ready and already

All ready means fully prepared.

• We are all ready to leave.
• ‘Are you all ready?’ ‘No, John isn’t.’

Already is an adverb of time, meaning ‘by now’, ‘sooner than expected’.

• ‘When is Jane coming?’ ‘She has already arrived.’
• They have already left.

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