(US politics) The State of the Union address, an annual event in which a president of the United States reports the status of the country, normally to a joint session of the United States Congress.

You cannot accurately judge a person solely by appearances.

(idiomatic) Ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation.

(idiomatic) To show flirtatious signs with one's eyes.

(mathematics) A branch of mathematical analysis, concerned with the theory of integration, that generalizes the intuitive notions of length, area and volume.

(idiomatic, informal) To succeed at something or meet a requirement; to be chosen out of a field of candidates or possibilities.

(idiomatic, business, finance) To monopolize a resource or commodity, as with the intent of driving up prices.

(idiomatic) To prove satisfactory; to be successful or worthy of merit.

(chiefly UK) To do something as entirely or completely as possible; to reserve or hold back nothing.

Almost at the beginning of.