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• v  cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long
  precook the rice

• Such spontaneity is rare under majority leader Trent Lott, who does his best to precook and shrink-wrap bills before they reach the floor.
• Jackie Gleason flies him down to Miami each weekend to precook his audiences.
• Until recently, says a White House official, "we used to be able to precook these summit agreements" among the "Sherpas" who prepare the agendas for the heads of governments.