Possible Clues:

• More prepared
• Better prepared
• More willing to peg out in the back
• Sounds ruddy well more prepared for this
• 'More prepared for the red deer, by the sound of it (7)'
• More inclined to fade into last position
• More inclined
• More prepared to use book? That's right
• More inclined to fade into the background
• Being more prepared to study, starts off intensive examination revision