GR translation: poised

[Jed Kelestron]

I would say the athletes are poised in this sense:

3 : to draw up into readiness : put into a position or attitude of
readiness <poised their armies for the battle>; especially : BRACE
<poised themselves for the ordeal awaiting them>
intransitive verb
1 : to become drawn up into readiness for something <knew that they
were poising for the encounter>

And Katje in this sense:

(2) : to keep (as something that is supported or suspended) in a
steady position : keep from going one way or the other : STABILIZE
<the nonchalance with which the steersman poised the canoe -- Ernest
Beaglehole> d : to hold or carry (as the head) in a particular way
<poised her head disdainfully -- G.B.Shaw>

from "poise." Webster's Third New International Dictionary,
Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002.
http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (9 Jul. 2011).

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On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Mike Jing <mikezjing at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> P90.14-15 He gets flashes of them these days, naked, athletes poised and breathing about the chamber, ...
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> P96.5-6  ..., frock, face, hair, hands, slender calves all gone to glass and glazing, for the celluloid instant poised--...
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> I'm having trouble finding the best translation for "poised".  Which of these meanings is best:
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> 1. (of a person) composed, dignified, and self-assured.
> 2. being in balance or equilibrium: a balloon poised on the nose of a seal.
> 3. teetering or wavering: to be poised on the brink of disaster. EXPAND
> 4. hovering or suspended in or as in midair: a bird poised in flight; a helicopter poised overhead.
> Is there any other meaning not included here?
>