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WAIT

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wait I. s.

1. aşteptare.

2. timp de aşteptare; oprire; întârziere, zăbovire.

3. (teatru) pauză, antract.

4. plural colindători.

5. colindat.

6. pândă.

wait II. verb A. intranzitiv

1. (for) a aştepta (pe cineva, ceva), a fi / a sta în aşteptare.

2. a aştepta, a nu se grăbi.

3. a aştepta, a fi gata/ pregătit.

4. (şi to wait at / on upon the table) a servi (la masă).

5. to wait on/ upon a) a servi (pe cineva) (la masă); b) a face o vizită (cuiva), a vizita (pe cineva); c) a însoţi (ceva); a urma (cu dat.); a fi urmarea / rezultatul (cu gen.); d) (fam.) a însoţi (mireasa, ca domnişoară de onoare etc.); e) (fam.) a face curte (cuiva); f) (fam. la curse) a se ţine aproape de;

to wait up a sta şi a aştepta.

wait II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a aştepta (prilejul etc.).

2. a servi la (masă).

3. (fam.) a aştepta (pe cineva, cu masa etc.).

4. (înv.) a însoţi; a lua parte la.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

That was why they were there, waiting for their papers.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Never mind,—wait a minute: Adele is not ready to go to bed yet.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

You will be so glad you waited until next month.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

I have waited and waited, and now has come my chance.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Why, they are only waiting for her to come to her senses to arrest her.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have long been waiting for an opportunity to escape.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

I have been waiting for you at least this age!

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

They did not wait long for the Crawfords, but there was no Mrs. Grant.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

They waited until Dorothy awoke the next morning.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

As she ceased, the entrance door opened again, and the very party appeared for whom they were waiting.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

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