The mean date of the last frost in New York City is April 7, but no one knows when it will actually be: be prepared to keep seedlings flourishing indoors until it is safe to harden them off and plant them.
And then, you will also need to be prepared to keep protecting that source.
In essence, the Pentagon's calculation is that the combination of these elements will fracture the Taliban, assuming the United States is prepared to keep up the campaign for many months and even years.
Your legacy will last only as long as your executor is prepared to keep it alive.
Crystal Palace co-chairman Steve Parish has said he will only sell the club to a potential owner who is prepared to keep manager Alan Pardew.
But she was prepared to keep her doors closed.
Initially, the Obama administration was prepared to keep up to 10,000 troops in Iraq.
Both sides also say they are prepared to keep talking.
The Treasury is prepared to keep Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac solvent.
But Mashaal said Gazans were prepared to keep fighting.
